Topic: Schizophrenia Among Teenagers

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Type of paper:	Research Paper
Subject area:	Science
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
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Author:	Stefanie Arroyo
Date submitted:	2008-11-21 19:32:07
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Schizophrenia , Teens and Authority Figures
The teenage years are never easy for anyone . Teenagers always face a
certain level of confusion that is associated with finding their place
in the world during adolescent years . Now , this confusion is difficult
enough when a teenager has the physical looks or the financial status to
mask any deficiencies he or she may have , but when there is a perceived
``abnormality ' in association with the teenager , the confusion and the
stress of adolescence becomes much worse . This is further compounded
when the problems the teen experience are rooted in a psychiatric
disorder . While it would seem that the difficult situation of suffering
from a psychiatric disability could not possibly get any worse , often
times it does get worse much worse .
The reason the problem becomes even more difficult derives from the fact
that oftentimes adults do not take seriously the psychological and
psychiatric problems that a teenager may face . A common ``blow off '
response to teens struggling with psychological disorders is to tell the
teen that there is nothing wrong with him or her and then combating the
teens perceived deficiencies by essentially creating a punishing and
stressful environment that forces the teen to act normal .
``Schizophrenia has long been a source of fascination , misunderstanding ,
mystery and misery (Marohn 17 )
THESIS When the psychological disorder is a severe condition such as
schizophrenia , such a foolish response and inaction by authority figures
will usually , in time , lead to a severe disaster and since such a
foolish response is usually based on ignorance of the condition ,
authority figures have a moral obligation to educate themselves about
schizophrenia in order to recognize it and provide the teen with proper
treatment and support .
Part of the problem of the inaction by authority figures to aid teens
dealing with the issue of schizophrenia is because there is a lack of
understanding in regards to what schizophrenia actually is .
Schizophrenia is an often-misunderstood illness . Even those who have it
do not confusing , terrifying experience . Add to that the normal stress of
teenage life , and you have captured the essence of teenage
schizophrenia : a world of fear , confusion and helplessness where no one
else can join you - a world of your own (Shoemaker )
Such a lack of understanding can have severe repercussions . A recent
episode of A E 's American Justice chronicled the tale of a teenager who
was suffering from schizophrenia induces paranoia where he repeatedly
heard voices in his head . Both at school and at home , he would burst
into screaming outbreaks begging the voices to stop . What was the school
and parental response to his situation ? Punishment . The apparent feeling
was there was nothing wrong with him and that by creating an environment
of pain and punishment the psychological disorder could be repressed and
thus , forcing the appearance of a degree of normality , as opposed to any
actual serious treatment of the affliction .
Unfortunately , the consequences were disastrous as the voices in the
teenager 's head eventually drove...

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