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Introduction Schizophrenia is a complicated, mostly permanent psychological disorder involving disturbances in the relationship between thinking, emotions and behavior, leading to defective perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality. The National Mental Health Commission makes 10 recommendations, including reducing the use of restraints, seclusion and involuntary treatment. Recommendation 6 states: “There must be the same national commitment to the safety and quality of care for mental health services as for general health services.” Schizophrenic Patient vs. Normal Person Structural and Functional Differences of the Brain The following diagram shows the different parts of the brain that are affected by schizophrenia and how these disorders create certain signs and symptoms. The basal ganglia, highlighted in blue in the diagram, are responsible for movement and emotion and the integration of sensory information. The basal ganglia of schizophrenia patients in the brain function abnormally. These defects are believed to contribute to and trigger symptoms of paranoia and hallucinations. The next affect of schizophrenia is the auditory system, highlighted in yellow. This section of the brain allows people to understand sounds and interpret speech. In schizophrenia, hyperactivity of this area, called Wernicke's area, can create the illusion that internally generated thoughts and feelings are real voices coming from outside through the ears. Therefore, this area is clearly responsible for auditory hallucinations, sometimes a symptom associated with schizophrenia. The area marked in green is the occipital lobe. The occipital lobe processes visual information. Schizophrenia search.org.au conducted...... half of paper ...... h schizophrenia manifests along a scale within the population and should reach explicit severity before a diagnosis is made. Management The first psychiatric treatment for schizophrenia is antipsychotic drugs, which can reduce the positive symptoms of psychosis, which are disordered thoughts and speech, delusions, and physical, auditory, visual, and gustatory hallucinations, in about 7 to 14 days. However, antipsychotic medications fail to significantly improve negative symptoms, which include: Decision Making a justified and responsible decision regarding the safety and quality of care a patient with the chosen condition should receive. There must be the same national commitment to safety and quality of care for mental health services as there is for general health services. Justify Should treat them, rather than retain them Early intervention Opposite opinion