Thursday, January 8, 2009

Week 5- Schizophrenia

People who have schizophrenia can lead a shorter life than other people. People with this mental disorder should focus on other aspects of life like health rather than the disorder itself. Schizophreniacs often take up smoking because it is hard to cope with their affects of the disorder. Eventually smoking will lead to lung cancer and then later on death. Schizophreniacs also have obesity problems which result in diabetes. They should engage in healthy acticity to take their mind off of their disorder.



http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/12/03/mental-illness-shorter-life/

6 comments:

Hussain said...

I didn't know that schizophrenia had anything to do with obesity. You may have wanted to include what your thoughts were while you were learning about this disorder.
good job

J said...

It's interesting to know that schizophrenics smoke to get over their disorder. Very well written. Good job.

Anonymous said...

wow i didnt know that schizophrenia led and caused so much more. this was very informative but i would have liked to read more about your opinions. good job.

Reshmi P said...

got to agree with everyone you could have added ina lottle more opinions but otherwise it was very informative!!!

Anonymous said...

Short and sweet! I really had no idea that schizophrenia led to obesity and smoking. Very interesting!

Blackbobby said...

Wow I didn't know that schizophrenia could have those kinds of effects on people. I guess I was too caught up in the craziness part of schizophrenia to think about the indirect consequences.