The Effects Of Schizoaffective Disorder On Mental Illness

Mental disorders are a very serious condition that can cause suicide, family/friend problems, and even social complication. Schizoaffective disorder is an extremely dangerous and sometimes harmful disease. Often times a mental disease is not cause by dropping someone on their head but, what they are fed, how they are treated, and their social life. Most often the best cure for a mental disease is not medical treatment: it is how others treat and talk to them. The disease is very uncommon with only .3% or 21.4 million at risk, not all will get the disease. Some symptoms of Schizoaffective disorder include; hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, depression, manic behavior, isolation, bi-polar, and some we will discuss later†¦show more content†¦10-15% end up committing suicide to be exact (Long, Phillip). Daniel, a 21 year old is a great example of what living with Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective Disorder is like. He was doing well in college 6 months ago when the wh ole episode started. While in class, Daniel started to become more and more paranoid every day that his professors were out to get him. Ended up, he dropped out and got a job. Daniel stopped bathing, shaving, and washing clothes which is a sign of Schizoaffective disorder because of the lack of care for hygiene. Just like in college, he became convinced that his boss was out to get him and placed cameras everywhere so naturally, he started smashing all of the electronics in his workplace. His boss called the police and upon arrival, he was taken to a mental hospital. (Schizophrenia). Another, more enlightening story with a little better ending is from Jonny Benjamin. Jonny was diagnosed at age 20, 14 years ago. He visited the doctor when he started having very intrusive thoughts, paranoia, and always felt very lonely. Jonny stated that most people who have schizophrenia are not violent or dangerous and yet this is the only thing the public seem to be constantly told about the condi tion... (Benjamin, Jonny). Which leads me into the next topic. Society is often a big influence whether it be the way you act, the way you dress, or even what you think about. A comment to