Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the...
-
Upload
kristina-tucker -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
1
Transcript of Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the...
![Page 1: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Schizophrenia
![Page 2: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
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”
![Page 3: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
A group of disorders characterized by the following:
1. Disorganized and delusional thinking.
2. Disturbed perceptions. 3. Inappropriate emotions
and actions.
![Page 4: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
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
![Page 5: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
Disorganized & Delusional Thinking
Fragmented and bizarre thoughts are due to selective attention failure
![Page 6: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
Disturbed Perceptions
A schizophrenic may experience hallucinations. Frequent: auditory Less frequent: visual, somatosensory, olfactory
L. B
erthold, Untitled. T
he Prinzhorn Collection, U
niversity of Heidelberg
August N
atter, Witches H
ead. The Prinzhorn C
ollection, University of H
eidelberg
Photos of paintings by K
rannert Museum
, University of Illinois at U
rbana-Cham
paign
![Page 7: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Inappropriate Emotions & Actions
• Apathy showing no emotion at all•-Inappropriate Emotions•Inappropriate Actions•Catatonia remaining motionless for long periods of time
![Page 8: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8
Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a cluster of disorders.
![Page 9: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9
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)
![Page 10: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10
Chronic and Acute Schizophrenia
When schizophrenia is slow to develop (chronic/process) recovery
is doubtful.
When schizophrenia rapidly develops (acute/reactive) recovery is better.
![Page 11: Schizophrenia. 2 Schizophrenia: The Facts Affects about.8% of Americans are afflicted Throughout the world over 24 million people suffer from this disease.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072006/56649cfd5503460f949ce007/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/average
• MEDICAL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0riyGUwOHdI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moP_e-gx5hk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPXkwYM9G-s&feature=related