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DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA

DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA. Alicia Snyder. WHAT IS IT?. Schizophrenia – is a chronic mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality Disorganized Schizophrenia – a more severe type of Schizophrenia, affecting thoughts, speech, and behavior. SYMPTOMS. Disorganized thoughts

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DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA

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  1. DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA Alicia Snyder

  2. WHAT IS IT? Schizophrenia – is a chronic mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality Disorganized Schizophrenia – a more severe type of Schizophrenia, affecting thoughts, speech, and behavior

  3. SYMPTOMS • Disorganized thoughts • illogical thought patterns • May affect speech • Jumping to unrelated conversations • Behavior • Everyday routines • Emotional expression • Opposite expression than called for • Social isolation

  4. CAUSES Brain disorders Genetics Problems with neurotransmitters Environment

  5. RISK FACTORS • Family history • Stressful life • Older paternal age • Psychoactive drugs • While in womb: • Exposure to virus • Poor nutrition

  6. COMPLICATIONS If untreated: Behavior Emotional behavior Health Frequent hospitalizations Suicidal thoughts

  7. TREATMENTS • Lifelong treatment • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) • Produces short seizures by electric currents passing through brain • Medications • Typical antipsychotics: affects neurotransmitters, manages delusions and hallucinations • Atypical antipsychotics: manages delusions, hallucinations, lack of motivation, and emotions

  8. TREATMENTS • Individual Therapy • Learn to cope by recognizing and changing bad behaviors by psychotherapist looking in the patient’s past to see when behaviors first started • Family Therapy • Provides support and education to family members

  9. WORK CITED Mayo Clinic. “Disorganized Schizophrenia.” Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. 2012. Web. March 26, 2013

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