SCHIZOPHRENIA Flashcards
It encompasses a group of psychotic reactions that affect multiple areas of the individual’s functioning, including thinking and communicating, perceiving and interpreting reality, feeling and demonstrating emotion, and behaving in socially acceptable manner.
Schizophrenia
It is characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances.
Schizophrenia
Who coined schizophrenia
Eugene Bleuler (Swiss Psychiatrist)
A greek word of schizophrenia which means that there is a disconnection or splitting of the psychic functions.
Split presonality
Shcizo is a severe mental disorder that is characterized by 5 A
Affect
Association
Autism
Ambivalence
Auditory Hallucination
a person’s mood, feeling tone or emotions.
Affect - It is usually blunted, inappropriate, or flat
Association
Loose or distorted
a thought process in which the person retreats from reality.
Autism
contradictory or opposing emotions, attitudes, ideas and desires for the same person, thing or situation
Ambivalence
Nodal onset for men
18 to 25
Nodal onset for women
25 and mid- 30’s
Causes of Schizo
*Genetic predisposition
*Neuro developmental abn
*Brain structural abn and chem imbalances
*Psychosocial and environmental factors
One affected parent
12% to 15%
Both parents
35% to 39%
Sibling
8 to 10%
Dizygotic twin
15%
Monozygotic twin
50%
Distant relative
3 to 5%
2Neuro developmental abnormalities
Minor fetal malformation during early gestation
-influenza infection (2nd tri)
-trauma at birth (hypoxia or o2 depri)
-abuse during infancy or early childhood
Brain structural abnormalities and chemical imbalances
*enlarged ventricles
*dec. cortical bld flow (pre-frontal cortex)
*dec. metabolic act
*cerebral atrophy
*excess prod. of dopamine in brain
What neurotransmitters plays an important role in dev’ of schizo
Serotonin, nor epinephrine, glutamate, GABA
Psychosocial and environmental factors
*lack of warm, nurturing attention
*Families who have highly expressed emotions
*consistent low-socio-economic
*Biologically vulnerable (exposed to stressors)
reflect the symptoms of overt psychotic or distorted behavior
Positive Symptoms