Schizophrenia.

Amit Chaturvedi Period 8 Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is one of the most devastating mental illnesses known to man. Those who are schizophrenic are dehabilitated in every aspect of human thought, emotion, and expression. A schizophrenic's thoughts become chaotic and disorganized and his mind becomes "divorced from reality" (Young 1988: 15). Schizophrenia crosses all racial, gender, social, and economic boundaries, affecting approximately 2.5 million people in the United States alone (Goleman 1996: C1). It is the most prevalent mental illness in the …

…Publishers. www.schizophrenia.com 2001 Regions of abnormal metabolic activity in the brain are apparent in the PET image of a patient with schizophrenia. Red areas represent increased brain activity; blue areas show decreased activity. http://www.uthscsa.edu/mission/spring96/schizres.htm PET scan of normal and schizophrenic brains. MRI of schizophrenic and normal brain, highlighting difference in brain activity. PET scan of identical twins, one with schizophrenia and the other twin without the disease.