Schizophrenia Concept Map
How does it affect development through the different stages of life?
How many people are capable of living fully functional lives with this disability?
What is the definition of a normal life for people with this illness?
What other types of complications come with living with this disability?
What different stereotypes exist about people affected?
How many challenges are present in trying to live a 'normal' life?
What types of help programs are there readily available to people who need help?
How many people actually ask for help when they need it?
How many people are there that don't realize they need help?
Can these people get jobs?
Can these people have families?
Would these people be limited the amount of work they get to avoid flare ups?
People who only have mild forms?
Are they called crazy?
Are they called psychopaths?
How do these stereotypes further disrupt their development?
People who take lots of different medications?
Childhood?
Adolesence?
Adulthood?
Senior years?
Therapy?
Resolutions other than medication?
Finding jobs
Building relationships
Finding people to trust them
Knowing the difference between what's real and what's not
Being financially stable
Being able to fully maintain one's self
Are they scared to be judged?
Physical health
Hygiene
Living situations
Stability
They've never heard of the illness before
They don't believe it could happen to them
They don't believe in 'mental illness'
Are they scared of the answer to the question?
They're too busy with their regular lives to realize what's happening to them?
They don't have a support system to notice something's not right
Quality of life