Schizophrenia:
Schizophrenia:
- a) UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE/DISORDER
- i) Background and/or history
(1) Who discovered
(2) How was it named
(3) Associated disorders- (similar to the disease)
(4) Type of Disorder- if it is inherited include Genetics of the disorder - ii) Environmental Effects
(1) Transmission or spreading (2) Behavioral risk factors
(3) Seasonal or Climate - iii) Demographics
(1) The age one normally gets this disease
(2) Statistics of numbers with disease, and in what countries
- i) Background and/or history
- b) HOW THE DISEASE AFFECTS THE BODY
- i) Biochemical changes that cause the disease
- ii) How the disease affects normal cellular function Pathology
(1) Structural and Functional Abnormalities
(2) Description of organ system(s) involved - iii) Howaperson’sdailylifeisaffectedbythedisease
- iv) Thesymptomsofthedisease
- c) TREATMENTS FOR THE DISEASE
- i) Tests a health care provider would run to help diagnose the disease
- ii) Medications to treat the disorder and how they work
- iii) Currentresearchtofindacureorbettertreatmentforthedisease;includeacopyofthatarticleand
a summary of what you understood about it. - iv) Informationonthecostofhavingthedisease,treatment,medications,hospitalization,etc.
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER PROJECT TOPIC: ___________________________________ TEACHER APPROVAL ________
DUEDATE: ___March26__
Schizophrenia
d) CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH.
- i) Write about why you chose this disease? – It is interesting that the brain can have a schism that separates it from reality.
- ii) What was the most interesting fact that you learned from doing the project? That too much dopamine can cause schiophrenia and too little dopamine can cause Parkinson’s disease.
- iii) What was the most important source of information that you used to write your report? Uptodate Harvard medical database.
- iv) What questions would you still like answered about this disease? Can gene therapy prevent or treat schizophrenia?
- v) What do you feel that everyone should learn from your project? That our body regulates chemical mediators in a very fine range and small deviations from this “normal” range can lead to profound dysfunctions classified as disease.