Running head: THE EFFECTS OF MEDICATION AND EXERCISE ON

SCHIZOPREHNIA
Tour Clark
University of San Francisco
A Look At Medication and Exercise With Schizohrenia
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SCHIZOPREHNIA
There are !"# $illion eole %ith schizohrenia in the U"S" livin& %ith a $ental
disorder surrounded %ith ne&ative sti&$as" The very thou&ht of this disease causes $any
to shun in horror rayin& and %ishin& that they or their fa$ily %ould not ever have an
onset" Schizohrenia is controversial and the $a'ority of the u(lic has fearful i&norant
vie%s to%ards this disorder )Lie(er$an * First+ !,,-." Accordin& to the /ational
0nstitute of Mental 1ealth+ one in four A$erican adults is sufferin& %ith a dia&nosa(le
$ental illness each year" The hu&e divide (et%een the u(lic2s understandin& of
schizohrenia and its e$otional resonse to the disorder can truly $ake the doctor2s
li&ht ro(le$atical"
A study (y the /ational Association of State Mental 1ealth 3irectors )/ASM13.
sho%ed that eole %ith schizohrenia and other severe $ental illnesses die an avera&e
of !# years earlier than the &eneral oulation" Even co$arin& the nu$(er of suicide
rates a$on& schizohrenics to other related deaths+ the /ASM13 study discovered that
4, ercent of re$ature deaths a$on& schizohrenics %ere due to heart disease+
resiratory diseases+ dia(etes+ and infectious disease" Another alar$in& findin& (y the
Alliance on Mental 0llness )/AM0. survey %as that close to #,5 of eole livin& %ith
schizohrenia said they felt that their doctors did not take their hysical health co$laints
seriously"
Medical doctors %ho are un%illin& to take the co$laints of their atients %ith
schizohrenia seriously are only causin& $ore da$a&e and len&thenin& the recoverin&
ti$e" 3ue to the lack of active listenin& to the atients+ $any of the eole sufferin& %ith
schizohrenia are over $edicated" /athaniel Lehr$an M"3"+ Chair$an of The Mental
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1ealth Co$$unity and the 1u$an Society of Metroolitan /e% 6ork+ stated that the
$edications usefully suress sy$to$s %hile har$fully inhi(itin& the caacity to think
)!,,7." 1e continued to su&&est that after acute crises have assed+ the dru&s should (e
&radually reduced+ and if ossi(le+ eli$inated" The (rain chan&es that occur %ith those
studied %ere found only in schizohrenics %ho had received dru& treat$ent (ut not in
those %ho %ere never $edicated" Lehr$an )!,,7. attested that the (rain chan&es
suosedly characterizin& schizohrenia are actually caused (y the dru&s"
8ther research rovided (y Wo(rock+ 1asan+ and Falkai sho%ed that innovative
treat$ent of exercise enhances neurolasticity" /o%+ neurolasticity is the a(ility of the
adult (rain to chan&e function and structure" 0t has (een used to treat strokes+ deression+
dyslexia+ and other diseases or in'uries of the (rain" Exercise can (e an alternative for the
heavy overdosin& otion of $edication that has (een sho%n to chan&e the (rain structure
to (e (eco$e deendent uon the $edication" Usin& exercise as an alternative treat$ent
has sho%n neurolasticity and i$rove$ents in co&nition and ver(al %orkin& $e$ory"
The i$roved $e$ory %ould hel eole %ith the $ental illness to co$lete
s$all tasks of daily life" This enco$asses re$e$(erin& ho% to dress+ %hen to eat+ and
ho% to (ehave in u(lic" 0n addition+ it %ill hel those sufferin& fro$ severe
schizohrenia (e $ore likely to hold a 'o( or live indeendently" Corresondin&ly+ 9,5
of eole %ith schizohrenia have ro(le$s %ith attention+ reasonin&+ ro(le$ solvin&+
learnin&+ and $e$ory: exercises have (een i$rovin& these issues" The (attle that $ust
(e fou&ht is that the over(urdened $edical syste$ sto over rescri(in& $edications+ fix
the inade;uate insurance+ and truly look into $ore rando$ case studies co$leted for the
atients %ith schizohrenia to receive treat$ents that %ork"
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