Schizophrenia

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Term Paper Title	Schizophrenia
# of Words	1817
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	7.27

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

     During the 1950s, mentally disordered people who were harmful to society
and themselves could be treated with medications and were able to return safely
to their communities.  During the 1980s, the cost of health care increased more
than any other cost in our national economy.  As a result, strategic planning
has been made to reduce costs.  “The political decision made to
deinstitutionalize chronic mental patients started with the appearance of
phenothiazine medications.  Dramatically reducing the instability influenced by
psychosis, these medications were of great significance to many individuals with
serious mental disorders.  At both the state and federal levels, legislators
looked at the high cost of long-term psychiatric hospitalization.  Social
scientists guaranteed them that community-based care would be in the best
interests of all concerned: the mentally ill and the general, tax-paying public
(Barry 13).”  It was believed that a social breakdown syndrome would develop in
chronically mentally ill persons who were institutionalized.  The
characteristics of this syndrome were submission to authority, withdrawal, lack
of initiative, and excessive dependence on the institution.
     While deinstitutionalization was kindhearted in its primary logic, the
actual execution of the concept has been greatly undermined by the lack of good
community alternatives.  At this time a large amount of the individuals using
community mental health treatment services are the homeless.  Nearly half of the
homeless are chronically mental ill.  These individuals are often separated from
their families and all alone on the dangerous street.  These homeless
schizophrenics stay away from social structures such as community health
treatment centers.  Since they start a new life of independence they often stop
taking their medications, become psychotic and out of place, and begin to live
on the street.  Since the schizophrenics are deinstitutionalized they are thrown
into a whole new world of independence.  Since their brain functions different
than the usual human being they can't cope with the problems of life.  The
schizophrenics drive themselves crazy wanting to kill themselves and others in
order to escape from this perplexing world.
     Schizophrenia is the most common psychoses in the United States
affecting around one percent of the United States population.  It is
characterized by a deep withdrawal from interpersonal relationships and a
retreat...

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