This is a project for a high AP psychology project.

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Schizophrenia
A presentation

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Definition
 Schizophrenia is considered a severe brain disorder
characterized by people not perceiving reality correctly.
 Includes a combination of hallucinations, delusions, and
disordered thinking and behavior.

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Symptoms
 Schizophrenia is usually diagnosed in the 20’s.
 Common symptoms include:
 Delusions: false beliefs not based on reality
 Hallucinations: Hearing or seeing things that don’t exist.
 Disordered thinking: communications seems impaired and
sometimes they are hard to understand.
 Abnormal Motor Behavior: characterized by random agitation or
childlike silliness.
 Negative Symptoms: Refers to the lack of ability to function
normally.

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Symptoms in Teen
 Schizophrenia is not diagnosed until adulthood, but the
following symptoms are associated with teen who will later
develop the disease:
 Withdrawal
 Lack in school performance
 Trouble sleeping
 Irritability
 Depression
 Lack of motivation
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Causes
 Schizophrenia is a disease that no one knows a lot about, so
the cause is unknown.
 Doctors and scientists believe that is is a combination of
genetic issues and environmental contributions.
 Problems with brain chemicals such as dopamine and
glutamate, may contribute to the development of
schizophrenia.
 Considered a brain disease.

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Heredity
A graph showing risk of developing schizophrenia

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Risk Factors
 Factors that are though to increase a person’s chances of
schizophrenia include:
 Exposure to toxins while in the womb
 Older aged parents
 Having a family history of schizophrenia.

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Complications
 Schizophrenia is an extremely dangerous disease, especially
when left untreated. Schizophrenia can bring upon the
following issues:
 Suicide
 Poverty
 Homelessness
 Social isolation
 Aggressive behavior
 Self- harm

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Tests and Diagnosis
 A person much have two or more of the following symptoms
lasting more than 6 months to be officially diagnosed:
 Delusions
 Disorganized speech
 Hallucinations
 Disorganized behavior
 Negative symptoms
 Catatonic behavior
 At least one of the symptoms must be delusions, hallucinations, or
disorganized speech.

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Treatment and Drugs
 Life long treatment is required.
 Medications to help schizophrenia
have a tendency to have major side
effects, so they are avoided at all
costs.
 Antipsychotic drugs are the most
commonly prescribed drugs for
schizophrenia.
 Psychosocial interventions such as
individual therapy, social skills
training, family therapy, and
vocational rehabilitations and
supported employment.

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Coping and Support
 Suggestions for coping include the following:
 Learn about schizophrenia
 Set goals
 Learn relaxations and manage stress
 Join support groups

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Prevention
 Because there are still many mysteries surrounding
schizophrenia, there is not way to prevent it.
 Early treatment is key to making sure the symptoms don’t get
out of hand.

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A Schizophrenic Brain
The photo on the left is a well twin ad the photo on the right is a schizophrenic twin

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Types of Schizophrenia
 Paranoid Schizophrenia
 Most common type
 Presence of auditory
hallucinations or delusions
about persecution
 Generally, people diagnosed
with this type don not appear
abnormal, because their
symptoms are not always
present.

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Types of Schizophrenia
 Disorganized Subtype
 Main feature is the disorganization of thought processes.
 Hallucinations and delusions may still be present, but are not as
common.
 Emotionally unstable
 Issues communicating

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Types of Schizophrenia
 Catatonic Schizophrenia
 Dramatic reductions in activity
 Some states of catatonic excitement
can occur where activity increases
 They may maintain a pose that
someone puts them in

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Types of Schizophrenia
 Residual Type:
 A patient no longer displays any of the main symptoms.
 Undifferentiated Schizophrenia:
 Patients that do not have specific enough symptoms to diagnose
them with any of the other types of schizophrenia are diagnose
with this.

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Schizophrenic Artwork
 Schizophrenic artwork shows people what goes on inside a
schizophrenic’s head.

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Artwork Continued

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Examples of Symptoms
Schizophrenic people
often hear voices.
They are commonly
paranoid.

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Examples of Symptoms
Anger and depression are
common side effects.

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Examples of symptoms
Hallucinations can cause
patients to talk to people who
aren't there.

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Works Cited
 Schizophrenia. (n.d.). Prevention. Retrieved May 12, 2014,
from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
conditions/schizophrenia/basics/prevention/con-20021077
 » Types of Schizophrenia - Psych Central. (n.d.). Psych
Central.com.Retrieved May 12, 2014, from
http://psychcentral.com/lib/types-of-
schizophrenia/000714/2