Evaluation Of Schizophrenia As A Systemic Disorder

Regarding Schizophrenia Patients Assessment of schizophrenia in a clinical setting has been limited for decades by the accepted conceptual model that psychological symptoms are the main problem rather than a holistic viewpoint. Schizophrenia is a multifaceted disorder that expresses systematically, not just locally to the brain in the form of psychosis (Kirkpatrick, Miller, Garcà ­a-Rizo, Fernandez-Egea, 2014). In order to evaluate the inconsistency with the standard model, a review of schizophrenia, how to clinically address the disorder as a systemic condition, and the important factors to convey to the patient and their family about symptom treatment will be presented. Schizophrenia as a Systemic Disorder In order to understand how one should assess patients for schizophrenia, it is important to understand the causes of the disorder as well as the symptoms that might present during the assessment. Schizophrenia is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population. 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