Treatment Options For Schizophreni Symptoms And Symptoms...

Treatment Through time, scientists and doctors have created various treatment options for schizophrenia based off scientific theories in their time. At one point physicians would perform brain surgery to remove a portion of brain from an individual suffering with schizophrenia that was responsible for the hallucinations and delusions the individual would experience. Although the surgery might have decreased the amount of hallucinations and delusions experienced by the individual, it led to cognitive and emotional deficits that would impair the individual (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2014). At another point in time individuals who suffered from schizophrenia were introduced to the insulin coma therapy in which individuals were given a massive dose†¦show more content†¦Later, other classes of typical antipsychotic drugs were used for treatment of schizophrenia, such as butyrophenones and thioxanthones. These drugs were effective methods that transformed the treatment of schizophrenia and decreased the number of hospitalized individuals suffering from the disorder by half. However, twenty-five percent of those suffering from the disorder were unresponsive to the antipsychotic drugs (Adams, C. E., Awad, G. A., Rathbone, J., Thornley, B., Soares-Weiser, K., 2014). The typical antipsychotic drugs worked best at treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia but did nothing to treat the negative symptoms of the disorder (which are the lack of motivation and deficit in interpersonal skills). If individuals with schizophrenia discontinue the medication, a total o f seventy-eight percent will relapse within a year and ninety-six percent within two years (Gitlin, M., Nuechterlein, K., Subotnik, K. L., Ventura, J., Mintz, J., Fogelson, D. L., . . . Aravagiri, M., 2001). Side effects of typical antipsychotic drugs were significant and would cause many individuals to discontinue their use (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2014). Side effects include grogginess, dry mouth, weight