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What is Schizopherina?
A severe cognitive impairment (socially, emotionally, cognitively, perceptual functioning).
Schizophrenia is a _______ ______ _______.
break with reality
What are Positive symptoms?
Active Symptoms (they must have at least one of these symptoms in order to have Schizophrenia).
EX: Hallucination, Delusions, Inappropriate Affect, Grossly Disorganized Behavior
Hallucinations (Positive symptoms)
False sensory perceptions - experience things that actually don’t exist (all 5 senses)
Dellusions (Positive symptoms)
False beliefs - (by society!! ex: tooth fairy with children vs. adults)
There are 2 different types of delusions: ____________ and _____________.
Delusions of Grandeur; Delusions of Persecution
Delusions of Grandeur
The person may believe that they have some sort of special ability or have some sort of high power/status.
Delusions of Persecution
The person may believe that someone is out to get them (ex: government agency).
Inappropriate Affect (Positive symptoms)
A person has a wrong emotional response (ex: you tell someone their mom dies and they start laughing hysterically)
Grossly Disorganized Behavior (Positive symptoms)
Stuff that isn’t really accepted by society (clothing, sexual acts).
What are Negative Symptoms?
Passive Symptoms (when a person with Schizophrenia displays negative symptoms, it is the hardest to treat).
Ex: Apathy, Lack of Communication, Lack of Self Care, Flat Effect, Extreme Social Withdrawal.
Apathy (Negative Symptoms)
A person has a lack of interest in many things.
Lack of Communication (Negative Symptoms)
They literally do not talk AT ALL.
Lack of Self Care (Negative Symptoms)
They do not take care of their basic needs (ex: food, water, sleep, brush teeth)
Flat Effect (Negative Symptoms)
They show no emotional response towards ANYTHING.
Extreme Social Withdrawal (Negative Symptoms)
They do not engage with anyone and prefer to be alone.
Biopsychological Causes for Schizophrenia
Genetic Factors:
Kin Studies/Adoption Studies - The closer people are related the more likely they are prone to it.
Neurological Factors:
Abnormalities in the left cerebral hemisphere (speech and movement).
Withering of brain tissue.
Psychoanalytic Causes for Schizophrenia
Failure to overcome their dependence on their mother.
Behavioral Causes for Schizophrenia
Rewarded for behaviors in bizarre ways (reinforcement in the past).
Cognitive Causes for Schizophrenia
Disturbances of attention and thinking.
Humanistic Causes for Schizophrenia
Incongruence between public self and actual self.
Drug use & Schizophrenia
LSD or any kind of hallucinatory drug could cause come sort of Schizophrenia.
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