PSY 1001 - Schizophrenia

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.