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Schizophrenia

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What is Schizophrenia NOT? It is NOT a multiple personality disorder, sociopathic disorder, or antisocial personality disorder
What IS Schizophrenia? A sever disconnect with reality with many cognitive and emotional symptoms
What does the DSM require of schizo? The DSM requires that the person exhibit a deterioration of daily activities along with at least two symptoms: hallucinations, delusions of thought disorders, incoherent speech, grossly disorganized behavior, loss of normal emotional responses
Positve Symptoms of schizophrenia? behavior/thoughts that are present, or added to the persons repertoire that a typical person does not have
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia? typical behaviors/thoughts that are diminished or absent from the persons repertoire
Hallucinations Perceiving things that are not there (auditory and visual)
Delusions Very rigid false or unfounded beliefs
Persecution Others (groups and individuals) are conspiring against or persecuting the individual (e.g. CIA infiltration)
Grandiose Unusual Importance (eg pregnancy flicks)
Reference Interpreting messages as if they were meant for oneself (e.g. codes in the newspaper headlines)
Bizarre Randome delusions that don't fall under any of the previous categories (e.g. missing vital organs)
Flay Affect blunted expression of emotion e.g. mask like face, flat voice, poor eye contact
Anhedonia Diminished ability to experience pleasure, e.g. report little enjoyment in life, seek out few enjoyable activities usually linked to or maybe causes social withdrawal
Disorganized Speech Severe tangentially in the conversation, loose associations between topics, sudden derailment of thought
Disorganized Behavior Catatonic behavior, unusual postures
What are some theorized causes for schizophrenia? Genetic, Brain abnormality/malformation, the neurodevelopment hypothesis
Treatments for Schizophrenia? Hospitalization, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication: antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs
How successful is drug treatment? Most treatments provide temporary success almost immediately. over the long run, drug effects start to wane greatly. Success rates of drugs are highly associated with the intensity of the symptoms pre-treatment and the time between onset and treatment of
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