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Did you know?. According to the World Health Organization, 650 Million people in the world have some type of physical or mental disability. . Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects an individual’s: Thinking Emotions Behaviors

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  1. Did you know? According to the World Health Organization, 650 Million people in the world have some type of physical or mental disability.

  2. Schizophrenia

  3. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects an individual’s: • Thinking • Emotions • Behaviors Anyone can develop Schizophrenia no matter their: • Ethnicity • Gender • Age What is Schizophrenia?

  4. History Discovered in Switzerland PyschiatristEugenBleuler discovered it Schizophrenia means split mind

  5. Cause • No exact Cause • Some Theories Include: • Brain Abnormalities • Environmental Factors • Genetics

  6. Genetics

  7. Misconceptions Fueled by Hollywood • Schizophrenics are violent • Schizophrenics have to live in mental hospitals • Schizophrenics have multiple personalities

  8. Psycho Shutter Island

  9. Symptoms

  10. There are two types of symptoms Positive Negative “lack or absence of behaviors” (Langwith 24) Negative symptoms are not necessarily bad Symptoms include: -Loss of cognitive skills -Inappropriate emotional responses -Loss of emotion • “Excess of distortions of mental functions” (Langwith 24) • Positive symptoms are not necessarily good • Symptoms include: -Hallucinations -Delusions

  11. Stages and Types

  12. Types • Paranoid • Have thoughts that they are being persecuted • Delusions often involve government agencies like the CIA or FBI • Catatonic: - At risk for malnutrition, exhaustion, or self harm • Residual: - Positive and negative symptoms - At least one psychotic episode

  13. Types Continued • Disorganized • Disorganized thinking and behavior • Inappropriate responses to certain situations • Undifferentiated • Positive and negative symptoms • Doesn’t fit the criteria for the other types

  14. Stages • Acute • First psychotic episode • Intervention and possibly hospitalization • Stabilization • Figuring out medication • Prevention of relapse • Maintenance • Continuation/tweaking of medication • Relapse is common

  15. Treatment • Medication is the foundation • Group Therapy • Individual or family therapy

  16. Accommodations • Social skills training • Supported employment

  17. Despite countless difficulties, with the correct treatment, Schizophrenics can live full and successful lives.

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  19. Works Cited Gur, R.E., and A.B. Johnson. “If your adolescent has Schizophrenia”. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print. Kurtz, Matthew M. “A Social Salve for Schizophrenia”. Scientific American Mind. Mar/Apr 2013, Vol 24 Issue 1: p. 62-67. Langwith, J.L. “Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders: Schizophrenia”. 1st. Michigan: Gale Cengage Learning. 2011. Print Mayo Clinic Staff. “Schizophrenia”. Mayo Clinic. 2012. Mayo Clinic Foundation for Medical Education and Research. 2 April 2013. <www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS 00196> Pulver, D.A. “Schizophrenia” Johns Hopkins Medicine. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University. 19 April 2013. <www.hopkinsmedicine.org/epigen/szwhatis.htm> “Schizophrenia”. Merriam-webster. 2012. Britannica Organization. 9 May 2013. <www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schizophrenia> “Schizophrenia”. National Institute of Mental Health. 2012. National Institute of Mental Health. 2 April 2013. <www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/schizophrenia/complete-index.shtml>

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