Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia: The Facts

•Affects about .8% of Americans are afflicted •Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease• Strikes most commonly in early twenties•Affects men and women equally

• “split mind”

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Symptoms of Schizophrenia

A group of disorders characterized by the following:

1. Disorganized and delusional thinking.

2. Disturbed perceptions. 3. Inappropriate emotions

and actions.

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Other forms of delusions include, delusions of persecution (“someone is following me”) or grandeur (“I am a

king”).

Disorganized & Delusional Thinking

This morning when I was at Hillside [Hospital], I was making a movie. I was surrounded by movie stars … I’m Marry Poppins. Is this room painted blue to get me upset? My grandmother died four weeks after my eighteenth birthday.”

(Sheehan, 1982)

Delusions- bizarre thinking with distorted beliefs despite contrary evidence

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Disorganized & Delusional Thinking

Fragmented and bizarre thoughts are due to selective attention failure

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Disturbed Perceptions

A schizophrenic may experience hallucinations. Frequent: auditory Less frequent: visual, somatosensory, olfactory

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Inappropriate Emotions & Actions

• Apathy showing no emotion at all•-Inappropriate Emotions•Inappropriate Actions•Catatonia remaining motionless for long periods of time

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Subtypes of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a cluster of disorders.

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Positive and Negative Symptoms

Positive symptoms inappropriate symptoms (hallucinations, disorganized

thinking) not present in normal individuals

Negative symptoms absence of appropriate symptoms (apathy,

expressionless faces)

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Chronic and Acute Schizophrenia

When schizophrenia is slow to develop (chronic/process) recovery

is doubtful.

When schizophrenia rapidly develops (acute/reactive) recovery is better.

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