SchizophreniaAlexa Cornwall

Allie WarrenKate Auty

Elizabeth DiMauroCourtney Bilderbeck

Schizophrenia: a psychotic disorder (or a group of disorders) marked by severely impaired thinking, emotions, and behaviors.

Synonyms: emotional disorder, mental sickness, psychosis, personality disorder

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Diagnostic Criteria A. Characteristic symptoms:

• Delusions• Hallucinations• Disorganized speech• Grossly disorganized behavior

B. Social/occupational dysfunctionC. Duration

SymptomsPositive: extra feelings that usually are not present

Examples: Delusions &Hallucinations

Negative: lack of behaviors or feelings that usually are present

Examples: loss of interest in everyday activities, lack of emotion, & less ability to experience pleasure

Biological Causes• Brain Dysfunction

– chemical imbalance– Amphetamines and other

similar substances can produce schizophrenic like symptoms

– Dopamine over-activity

Family and Schizophrenia

•Genetic FactorsTends to run in families1 in 10 percent of people with a first degree relative

Twins•28% chance of one identical twin developing disease if other has it•Larger ventricles with schizophrenia

• Social Causation• Social Selection• Family stress• Environmental stress

Behavioral Causes

Definition: people with this type are preoccupied with false beliefs about being persecuted or being punished by someone

Symptoms: Suspicion of others, Episodic or continual Delusions and hallucinations, Auditory hallucinations, & Belief that they can fly

Paranoid

Disorganized

Definition: people with this type are often confused and incoherent and have jumbled their speech, their outward behavior may be emotionless, flat or inappropriate.

Symptoms: moving slowly, unable to make decisions, forgetting or losing things, talking nonsense, and repeating movements or gestures

CatatonicDefinition: generally immobile and unresponsive

to the world around them

Symptoms: physical immobility, excessive mobility, extreme negativism, peculiar movements, and mimicking speech or movement

Undifferentiated When a persons symptoms do not clearly

represent any of the other subtypes

The symptoms are many and varied

Residual

Residual schizophrenia occurs in chronic sufferers after the disappearance of positive symptoms.

It usually lasts for one year and is characterized by negative symptoms

Symptoms: little interest in life and not engage in eye contact or conversation

Medications• Anti-anxiety • Anti-psychotic• Antidepressants• Sedatives

Group/Family Therapy• Family therapy• Individual therapy• Cognitive therapy• Outreach and Community

support services

Biological Treatment

• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Behavioral Therapy• Stress Management Training• Assertiveness Training • Communication Skills Training • Problem Solving Skills

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