The Truth About Schizophrenia
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The document discusses common myths and facts about schizophrenia. It states that schizophrenia is a physical disease, not a split personality, and that with proper treatment and support many people recover from it. While the causes are not fully understood, there is a genetic component. The onset is typically between ages 15-25, not over 50. People with schizophrenia are no more likely to be violent than the general population.
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This document provides an overview of schizophrenia, including its history, symptoms, causes, types, and treatment. Some key points:
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- Symptoms usually begin between ages 15-25 for males and later for females. Genetics and viral infections during pregnancy can play a role in causes.
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slide 1: A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
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• Paranoid-type schizophrenia is characterized by delusions and auditory hallucinations (hearing voices that don't exist) but relatively normal intellectual functioning and expression of emotions. People with paranoid-type schizophrenia can exhibit anger, aloofness, anxiety, and can be argumentative.
• Disorganized-type schizophrenia is characterized by speech and behavior that are disorganized or difficult to understand, and flattening or inappropriate emotions. People with disorganized-type schizophrenia may laugh inappropriately for no apparent reason, make illogical statements, or seem preoccupied with their own thoughts or perceptions. Their disorganized behavior may disrupt normal activities, such as showering, dressing, and preparing meals.
• Undifferentiated-type schizophrenia is characterized by some symptoms seen in all of the above types, but not enough of any one of them to define it as another particular type of schizophrenia.
• Residual-type schizophrenia is characterized by a past history of at least one episode of schizophrenia, but the person currently has no "positive" symptoms (such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or behavior). It may represent a transition between a full-blown episode and complete remission, or it may continue for years without any further psychotic episodes.
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Catatonic excitement - overexcitement or hyperactivity, in which the patient may mimic sounds (echolalia) or movements (achopraxia) around them.
Catatonic stupor - a dramatic reduction in activity in which the patient cannot speak, move or respond. Virtually all movements stops.
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It is clear now, through the use of genetic linkage studies and microbiology, that schizophrenia does indeed have a biological explanation. However, the biological explanation is only part of the story. A yet unknown combination of intense stress, sociocultural situations, and cognitive processes may lead to the actual onset of schizophrenia aided by natural precursors. The most compelling explanation seems to be that a genetically inherited biological abnormality gives rise to hallucinations/delusions as a result of intense stress and eventually leads to other negative symptoms in reaction to the hallucinations/ delusions. At any rate, the current understanding of schizophrenia explains that the symptoms, however easily identifiable, are the result of a complex interaction between nature and nurture that can be treated adequately through the use of atypical anti psychotic drugs and psychotherapy.
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- 2. Schizophrenia is a way of describing a “split personality.”
- 3. False – Schizophrenia is a disease with a physical cause, like cancer or heart disease.
- 4. No one can recover from schizophrenia.
- 5. False – With proper treatment and support, the majority of people do recover.
- 6. Schizophrenia is a common mental illness.
- 7. True – About 1% of the world’s population and about 3 million U.S. citizens have schizophrenia.
- 8. Schizophrenia most commonly begins in people over age 50.
- 9. False – The onset of schizophrenia normally begins between the ages 15 and 25.
- 10. Schizophrenia can be caused by bad upbringing, or personal or moral weakness.
- 11. False – Schizophrenia is a disease with a physical cause
- 12. Schizophrenia can be diagnosed through a series of medical tests.
- 13. False – Currently there are no medical tests for schizophrenia, but several tools are used by trained professionals to evaluate and diagnose the disorder.
- 14. Approximately 1 of every 10 people with schizophrenia completes a suicide attempt.
- 15. True – About 20%-40% of people with schizophrenia attempt to commit suicide. Suicide is the number one cause of death for young people with schizophrenia. Approximately 1 of every 10 people with schizophrenia completes a suicide attempt.
- 16. Like diabetes, schizophrenia has a genetic pattern.
- 17. True – There is a hereditary tendency for schizophrenia.
- 19. Sibling 5%
- 20. Child with 1 parent w/schizophrenia10%
- 22. Child of 2 parentsw/ schizophrenia 40%
- 24. False – People with schizophrenia are no more likely to be violent. They are the victims of murder 6 times the general population.
- 26. A result of poor parenting
- 27. A consequence of substance abuse
- 29. For more information about schizophrenia and how you can help… http://www.sardaa.org or info@sardaa.org