DOC I HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA
Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder characterized by symptoms involving:
1.personality
2.Thinking non logically
3.emotionally unstable responses,
4.Behaving abnormally in social situations
5.tendency to withdraw from reality to a private personal world
Schizophrenia is a complex illness.
The cause is yet unknown.
1.genetic factors - schizophrenia has a history of
a family member with the disease.
2.environmental events may trigger schizophrenia in people who are genetically more at risk for it.
3.Schizophrenia affects both men and women equally.
4.It usually starts in the teen years or young adulthood, but may start later in life.
It usually begin later in women, and is milder.
5.Childhood-onset schizophrenia begins after age 5. Childhood schizophrenia is rare.
Schizophrenia symptoms develop slowly over months or years.
1.difficulty keeping friends and working.
2.anxiety,
3.depression,
4.suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
Early symptoms are:
1.Irritable or tense feeling
2.Difficulty sleeping
3.Problem concentrating
4.problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:
a. Lack of emotion (flat affect)
b. Strongly held beliefs not based in reality (delusions)
c. Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations)
d. Problems paying attention
e. Thoughts jump between unrelated topics ( loose associations)
f. Bizarre behaviors
g. Social isolation
Paranoid schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Anxiety
2.Anger or argumentative
3.False believes that people are trying to harm him(paranoia).
Disorganized schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Difficulty with thinking and expressing ideas clearly
2.Childlike behavior
3.Showing little emotion
Catatonic schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Lack of activity
2.Muscles and posture rigidity
3.Grimaces or odd expressions on the face
4.No response to other people
Chronic:
All types of Schizophrenia tend to have the following:
1.blunting of affect or emotion
2.incoherant thought
3.delusions
4.hallucinations
5.apathy or withdrawl from society
Diagnosis
1.thorough interview of the person and family
members:
a.length of the symptoms
b.ability to function whether it has changed
c.Developmental background
d.Genetic and family history
2.Brain scans (such as CT or MRI) and blood tests to rule out other disorders
Complications
Having schizophrenia increases the risk for:
1.alcohol or drugs abuse:
Using alcohol or other drugs increases the risks of recurrence.
2.Physical illness:
People with schizophrenia may become physically sick due to an inactive lifestyle and side effects
from medication.
3.Suicide
Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder characterized by symptoms involving:
1.personality
2.Thinking non logically
3.emotionally unstable responses,
4.Behaving abnormally in social situations
5.tendency to withdraw from reality to a private personal world
Schizophrenia is a complex illness.
The cause is yet unknown.
1.genetic factors - schizophrenia has a history of
a family member with the disease.
2.environmental events may trigger schizophrenia in people who are genetically more at risk for it.
3.Schizophrenia affects both men and women equally.
4.It usually starts in the teen years or young adulthood, but may start later in life.
It usually begin later in women, and is milder.
5.Childhood-onset schizophrenia begins after age 5. Childhood schizophrenia is rare.
Schizophrenia symptoms develop slowly over months or years.
1.difficulty keeping friends and working.
2.anxiety,
3.depression,
4.suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
Early symptoms are:
1.Irritable or tense feeling
2.Difficulty sleeping
3.Problem concentrating
4.problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:
a. Lack of emotion (flat affect)
b. Strongly held beliefs not based in reality (delusions)
c. Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations)
d. Problems paying attention
e. Thoughts jump between unrelated topics ( loose associations)
f. Bizarre behaviors
g. Social isolation
Paranoid schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Anxiety
2.Anger or argumentative
3.False believes that people are trying to harm him(paranoia).
Disorganized schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Difficulty with thinking and expressing ideas clearly
2.Childlike behavior
3.Showing little emotion
Catatonic schizophrenia symptoms include:
1.Lack of activity
2.Muscles and posture rigidity
3.Grimaces or odd expressions on the face
4.No response to other people
Chronic:
All types of Schizophrenia tend to have the following:
1.blunting of affect or emotion
2.incoherant thought
3.delusions
4.hallucinations
5.apathy or withdrawl from society
Diagnosis
1.thorough interview of the person and family
members:
a.length of the symptoms
b.ability to function whether it has changed
c.Developmental background
d.Genetic and family history
2.Brain scans (such as CT or MRI) and blood tests to rule out other disorders
Complications
Having schizophrenia increases the risk for:
1.alcohol or drugs abuse:
Using alcohol or other drugs increases the risks of recurrence.
2.Physical illness:
People with schizophrenia may become physically sick due to an inactive lifestyle and side effects
from medication.
3.Suicide
