Schizophrenia
Meg Ianni
What is schizophrenia?
- Brain disorder
- Patients can no longer interpret reality properly
- Not a Split Personality
- Schizophrenia = split mind
Patients Who Occupy Hospital Beds
Red= All other patients 75%
World Population
Blue= Schizophrenics 1%
Orange= Non schizophrenics 99%Cause?
~Neurotransmitters:The chemicals that carry messages between nerves.
~Look how much larger the butterfly type object is in the affected twins brain compared to the unaffected twins.
Signs & Symptoms
~DSM: Diagnositic & Statistical manual of mental disorders
Most Common:
- Delusions & Hallucinations
- Disorganized thoughts or speech
- Suicidal thoughts or actions
- Imaginary voices
- Withdrawal from friends or of thought
- Drop in performance (teen schizophrenia)
- sleeping issues
- Suicidal thoughts or actions
- Imaginary voices
- Withdrawal of thought
- Withdrawal from friends or family
- Drop in school performance
- Sleeping issues
The 5 types of Schizophrenia
Disorganized~Confused, Hard time communicating thru thoughts, speech, and behavior
Catatonic~Having abnormal movement and odd ways of walking or standing. May become rigid at times.
Undifferentiated~ Shows some of the symptoms but doesn't fit into any of the top 3 categories.
Residual~ Many have schizophrenic episodes, after no symptoms, and don't fit into any other category.
Treatment
Early: Hospitalization
- to protect from harm against self or others
- Medications
- Therapy
~Newer: Seem to calm the brain cells and have normal activity
- Aripiprazole (Abilify)
- Lurasidone (Latuda)
- Chlorpromazine
- Fluphenazine
What will happen in the long term?
Early: More Damage
- Long life full of pain and anguish
- Higher chance of living a relatively symptom-free life
Why do you need to know about schizophrenia?
- It's unpredictable
- No cause = No solution
~Medications, therapy, and stress management
- No one wants to lose a loved one
- A Question
Citations
Articles:
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"Dissociative Disorder"
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"Schizophrenia"
Goldberg, Joseph. "Schizophrenia Health Center Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Schizophrenia." WebMd. N.p., 2014. Web. 12 Dec. 2015. <http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/ss/slideshow-schizophrenia-overview>.