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Paranoid Schizophrenia

Paranoid Schizophrenia. By Grant Sexton and Ken Johnson. D efinition. A chronic mental illness in which the person loses touch with reality. Symptoms. Auditory Hallucinations Anxiety Anger Emotional distance Violence Argumentativeness Self important or condescending manor

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Paranoid Schizophrenia

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  1. Paranoid Schizophrenia By Grant Sexton and Ken Johnson

  2. Definition • A chronic mental illness in which the person loses touch with reality.

  3. Symptoms • Auditory Hallucinations • Anxiety • Anger • Emotional distance • Violence • Argumentativeness • Self important or condescending manor • Suicidal thoughts • Delusions

  4. Tests • Physical exam • Checking height, weight, vital signs, heart, and lungs • Laboratory tests • Complete blood count, screening for alcohol and drugs, thyroid function • Psychological evaluation • Thoughts and feelings and talk about symptoms

  5. Treatments • Medications: • Psychotherapy • Hospitalization • Electroconvulsive therapy(ECT) • Vocational skills training

  6. Causes/Risk Factors • Genetic factors • Environmental Factors • Family History • Exposure to viruses while in the womb • Poor nutrition while in the womb • Stressful life circumstances • Older paternal age • Psychoactive drugs while in adolescence

  7. Complications I • Suicidal thoughts and behaviors • Self destructive behaviors • Depression • Abuse of alcohol, drugs, and prescription drugs • Poverty • Homelessness

  8. Complications II • Incarceration • Family conflicts • Inability to work or attend school • Health problems-Anti-psychotic meds • Being a victim or perpetrator of a crime • Heart and lung problems due to smoking

  9. Statistics • 3.2 million Americans are currently diagnosed with schizophrenia • 35% of them live independent lives • 25% need some kind of recovery • 15% need extensive support • 15% are dead from suicides • 10% are hospitalized

  10. Examples • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCbf-pKtkhU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9qHZQv0PXM

  11. Works Cited • CNN.com(MayoClinic.com) Dec 16, 2013 • Schizophrenia.com, March 26, 2013

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