1. Andy Cortez Julian Cruz Period 05

2.  He is the founder of Fleetwood Mac, a famous band  He was diagnosed with schizophrenia in the mid 70’s  Spent time in psychiatric hospitals and went through electroconvulsive therapy  Drug abuse was the cause of his mental illness

3.  A long-term mental disorder that interferes with ones thoughts and actions and leads to delusions, which are false beliefs  Causes hallucinations; the person sees something that’s not there  Some symptoms include thought disorders which are unusual ways of thinking and movement disorders that may appear as agitated body movements

4.  Genetics  Drug abuse  Chemical Imbalance  Smoking

5.  Schizophrenia can be treated using antipsychotic medications  Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Perphenazine and Fluphenazine are all antipsychotic medications  In the 1990’s the developed a new medication called clozapine and it’s the most effective

6.  Onset symptoms of the disorder typically occur during young adulthood  Approximately 2.2 million people in the USA have schizophrenia, and 51 million people worldwide  50 times higher risk of attempting suicide than the general population and suicide is the number one cause of premature death among people with schizophrenia

7.  http://www.symptomsofschizophrenia.net/fa mous-people-with-schizophrenia.html http://www.symptomsofschizophrenia.net/fa mous-people-with-schizophrenia.html  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications /schizophrenia/what-are-the-symptoms-of- schizophrenia.shtml http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications /schizophrenia/what-are-the-symptoms-of- schizophrenia.shtml  http://mentalhealth.about.com/od/schizophr enia/a/sz2.htm http://mentalhealth.about.com/od/schizophr enia/a/sz2.htm  http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm