This document provides an outline and overview of schizophrenia. It begins with defining schizophrenia as a psychological disorder characterized by an inability to distinguish reality from non-reality. The document then covers the history, epidemiology, types, etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, management, and famous people who had schizophrenia. It relies on references from scientific journals and organizations to support the information provided.
2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ?
HISTORY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
ETIOLOGY
SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
DIAGNOSIS
MANAGEMENT
CONCLUSION
FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
REFERENCES
3. WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ?
Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder
Schizophrenia is characterized by the inability to
separate reality from and a non-reality.
Schizophrenia patients often experience non-existent
stimuli that create perceptions of things that do not exist,
such as voices.
Symptoms may include: flat effect (exhibiting no
emotion), delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized
thinking.
4. HISTORY
The origin of the term SCHIZOPHRENIA has been derived from the Greek
word “Skhizein” meaning “to split”, and “phren” meaning “mind”.
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The characteristics/ fundamental
symptoms and also accessory /
secondary symptoms of
schizophrenia ( Delusions,
hallucinations and negativism ).
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5. EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Acc. to the New England Journal of Medicine
report 7.4% people worldwide suffer from
schizophrenia.
• Schizophrenia is prevalent across racial,
sociocultural and national boundaries, with a
few exceptions in the prevalence rates in some
isolated communities.
Source: The New England Journal
of Medicine (2017).
• The onset of Schizophrenia occurs usually later
in women as compared to men.
6. TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
There are five types of schizophrenia:
1. Catatonic – little to no movement,
possibly a vegetative state.
2. Disorganized – common archetype
of schizophrenia; disorganized thinking, flat
effect, inappropriate emotions or behavior.
3. Residual – long-term schizophrenia where most
symptoms have disappeared, negative symptoms
(detractions from normal behavior) often remain such
as flat effect or a refusal to talk.
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7. 4. Paranoid – most common of schizophrenia; delusions,
hallucinations, false beliefs of grandeur.
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5. Undifferentiated – does not fit in one of the above categories
because the patient suffers from symptoms of multiple types.
8. ETIOLOGY
1. GENETIC PREDISPOSITION:
8% in siblings of affected subjects.
12% in offspring's of one affected parent.
40% in offspring's of two affected parents.
47% in subjects of affected monozygotic twins.
2. BIOCHEMICAL FACTORS:
DOPAMINE HYPOTHESIS : schizophrenia results from too much
dopaminergic activity. The theory evolved from observation as, Drugs
that increase dopamine activity e.g., cocaine and amphetamine, are
psychotomimetic. Excessive dopamine release in patients with
schizophrenia has been linked to the severity of positive psychotic
symptoms.
9. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
Stress inducing environmental factors such as social pressure, physical
or sexual abuse, loss of loved ones, hormones, malnutrition ,and early
exposure to viruses.
4.PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES:
If schizophrenia is a disease of the brain, it is likely to parallel disease of
other organs whose courses are affected by psychosocial and biological
factors affecting schizophrenia.
10. SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
EARLY SYMPTOMS:
1.Social withdrawal
2.Deterioration of personal hygiene
3.Flat, expressionless gaze
4.Inappropriate laughter or crying
5.Depression
6.Oversleeping or insomnia
7.Odd or irrational statements
8.Forgetful; unable to concentrate
9.Extreme reaction to criticism
10.Strange use of words or way of speaking.
11. SYMPTOMS:
The symptoms can be categorized into three wide-ranging groups.
Symptoms reflects
an increase in the
presence of
abnormal behavior.
These includes-
Symptoms refers to
an absence of
normal behavior
found in healthy
individual. These
includes-
Involves problems
with thought
processes. These are
most disabling
symptoms because
they interferes to
perform daily routine
tasks.
1.Hallucination
2.Delution
3.Thought disorders
4.Movement disorders
1.Lack of personal
hygiene
2.Social withdrawal
3.Appearing to lack
emotions
4.Loss of motivation
1.Problems with
making sense of
information
2.Difficulty paying
attention
3.Memory problems
POSITIVE NEGATIVE COGNITIVE
12. DIAGNOSIS:
• Two or more of the following must be present:
1)Hallucinations.
2)Delusions.
3)Disorganized behavior or catatonic behavior .
4)Disorganized speech.
5)Negative symptoms
• The symptoms must last at least for 6 months.
Ref-https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-
Conditions/Schizophrenia
13. MANAGEMENT
The treatment of schizophrenia can be discussed
under the following major headings :-
1. Psychiatric Treatment-
a. Pharmacological therapy
b. Electro-Convulsive therapy
2. Psychosocial treatment-
a. Social skills training
b. Family psycho-education
c. Cognitive therapy
15. 1(b). ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
• ECT is not the primary treatment of choice for schizophrenia
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CONVULSIVE+THERAPY+for+
schizophrenia
• The indications of ECT include:-
1.Catatonic stupor
2.Uncontrolled catatonic excitement
3.Acute exacerbation not controlled with drugs
4.Severe side-effects with drugs in the
presence
of schizophrenia
• Usually 8-12 ECT’S are needed (up to 18 in poor responders),
administered 2-3 times a week
16. CONCLUSION
Schizophrenia is a serious disorder that affects millions and
millions of people over the world. Without proper treatment, this
could cause many serious problems as social withdrawal, loss of
hygiene, hallucinations, disorganized speech, etc. This is
something that shouldn’t be taken lightly so-
• The patient needs to be actively involved in treatment in order
to adopt better standard of life
• Patient should be more optimistic even though the disorder is
life challenging in many ways
• The society should play a vital role in accepting the patients
and give them their deserved chance in this world
• Scientists should strive towards developing more amenable
treatment options for proper resolution of this disorder.
17. Famous People With Schizophrenia
John Nash – Nobel Prize Syd Barret – guitarist for Mary Todd Lincoln – wife of
winner(1994) Pink Floyd Band Abraham Lincoln
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2.https://www.google.co.in/syd+barret.
3.https://www.google.co.in/mary+todd+Lincoln.
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