{ Schizophrenia A Psychotic Disorder

Lesson Objectives

 Two Categories  Type 1- Positive Symptoms  Type 2- Negative Symptoms Symptoms of Schizophrenia

 Delusions  Hallucinations  Disorganized Thought and Speech  Disorganized or Catatonic Behavior Type 1- Positive Symptoms

 Affective flattening  Alogia  Avolition Type 2- Negative Symptoms

 Inappropriate Affect  Anhedonia  Impaired Social Skills Other Symptoms

 Paranoid  Disorganized  Catatonic  Undifferentiated  Residual Types of Schizophrenia

 1-2% in the United States,.5-2% in the World  Very Stigmatized!  More common among ______  More chronic and debilitating  Shorter life expectancy Prevalence & Prognosis

 Biological  Psychosocial Theories of Schizophrenia

 Genetics  Brain Abnormalities  Birth Complications and Prenatal Viral Exposure  Neurotransmitters Biological Theories

Psychosocial Theories  Social Drift and Urban Birth  Stress and Relapse  Psychodynamic Theories  Communication Patterns  Expressed Emotion  Cognitive and Behavioral Perspectives  Cross-Cultural Perspectives

 Biological Treatments  Drug Therapy  Psychological and Social Treatments Treatments for Schizophrenia