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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia. Schizophrenic Disorders. Class of disorders marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and deterioration of adaptive behaviors. Schizophrenia. Means split MIND not split personality Fragmentation of the thought process

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Schizophrenia

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  1. Schizophrenia

  2. Schizophrenic Disorders • Class of disorders marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and deterioration of adaptive behaviors

  3. Schizophrenia • Means split MIND not split personality • Fragmentation of the thought process • Much more common but different disorder than DID

  4. Disturbed Emotions= Mood Disorders • Disturbed Thoughts= Schizophrenia

  5. Types of Schizophrenia • Paranoid- Dominated by persecution/delusions of grandeur/hallucinations • Catatonic- Striking motor disturbances/muscular rigidity

  6. Types of Schizophrenia • Disorganized- Severe deterioration of adaptive behavior/emotional indifference • Undifferentiated- People who do not fit into these categories

  7. Schizophrenic Symptoms • Positive Symptoms- Behavioral excess, hallucinations, delusions, bizarre flight of ideas • Negative Symptoms- Behavioral deficits, such as flattening emotions, social withdrawal, apathy • Positive easier to cure than negative

  8. Disturbed Thought Process • Delusions- false beliefs maintained even though clearly out of touch with reality (ex: delusions of grandeur) • Deterioration of adaptive behavior- people can’t take care of themselves anymore

  9. Hallucinations- sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of real, external stimuli • Disturbed emotions- no emotional or inappropriate emotional response

  10. Onset • Late Adolescence/Early Adulthood • Rarely over 35 • Emergence sudden or gradual-sudden easier to recover from

  11. Etiology • Genetic Vulnerability- heredity factors • Neurochemical Factors- Excessive dopamine • Neurological Defects- problems with attention and basic information processing

  12. Etiology • Neurodevelopmental Viral infections/problems in childbirth Flu in 2nd trimester

  13. Outcomes • Full recovery (rare) More common in sudden onset cases • Partial recovery but in and out of institutions • Chronic- permanent hospitalization

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