Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder characterized by incorrect perceptions of reality and a combination of hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking. It typically develops in a person's 20s and can include symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking, abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms. While the exact causes are unknown, it is thought to involve genetic and environmental factors. Treatment involves lifelong medication and psychosocial therapy to manage symptoms.

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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
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