Jason+Park+Schizo

1) Was insulin shock therapy a viable clinical treatment? No, insulin shock therapy was no the best viable clinical treatment because of the side-effects that accompanied it. As shown in John Nash, after getting injected with insulin, John Nash did see a suppressed form of schizophrenia, however it did not last very long, along with after effects such as coma, depression, and lacking social skills.

2) Was John Nash an unusual case, or do you think that many schizophrenic patients can be taught to function in society with without medication?

John Nash was not an unusual case of schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients will not function in society as a normal person with or without medication anyway since without medication they will hear voices in their heads and with medication they might face the side-effects of such medications. 3) What are the dangers and/or advantages of this type of treatment (re: insulin shock therapy)?

Insulin shock therapy brings intense pain to the patient and researchers beleive that this therapy will not help the schizophrenic patient very much. The glucose levels in a patient can drop dramatically, and the shock can cause severe brain damage or worse.

4) What is the difference between the treatment of schizophrenia in 1960-1970 and today? During the 1960s, patients had to undergo painful and inconvenient therapies such as shock therapies to treat schizophrenia. Nowadays simple medications in the form of pills will suffice.

5) What are the various types of schizophrenia? Which would you consider the worst case to have? The least worst? Explain why for each.

The various types of schizophrenia are catatonic, residual, paranoid, disorganized, and undifferentiated. Out of these types of schizophrenia, I believe that the catatonic one is the most severe. People with this type need to live on with a very uncomfortable life. They are not the person that they want to be. It will take many uncomforting hours to move from one position to another. They have no control whatsoever of what they are able to do. The least bad case of schizophrenia would be the paranoid schizophrenia because it is the most common type out of the five types. People are able to noticeable help people with this type.

6) What treatments are being pioneered today for schizophrenia?

Today, schizophrenia is being treated with drugs that will relieve the people. Although the medications will not completely cure the person with schizophrenia, it will partially relieve the person to the best capability. Shock therapy has been used at a minimal level and is only used for severe cases of schizophrenia. Currently, there are no publicly released medications that will fully cure schizophrenia.