Transcript Residual Type

Schizophrenia
By Nora Gonzalez Period 5
Discussion Question:
Define Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia?
A
group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and
delusional thinking, including inappropriate emotions and
actions. The term also refers to splitting of the mind. It is
composed of thoughts and action.
Subtypes:
1. Paranoid Type
4.Undifferentiated Type
2.Catatonic Type
3.Disorganized Type
5. Residual Type
Paranoid Type
 Is the most common type of
Schizophrenia.
 It is composed of delusions ,
hallucinations.
 Symptoms are: hallucinatory
voices, hallucinations of smell
or taste, violence and
emotional distance.
 A serious lifelong condition,
that can lead to many
complications including
suicide.
Catatonic Type
 An illness in which a
person looses touch or
reality with the world.
 People with this, may feel
as if their in coma: unable
to speak or move.
 This can last up to a
month. But Now it is Rare.
 It can include other mood
disorders such as,
depression, and bipolar
disorders.
Disorganized Type
 When a person looses touch
with reality.
 It is involved with thoughts,
speech and behavior that
don’t make sense.
 People with this illness, are
unable to carry out with their
daily activities: such as eating,
and bathing.
 Symptoms are: Odd
postures, social isolation,
trouble functioning at work
or school, and clumsy.
Undifferentiated Typed
 Is when a person has
positive and negative
characteristics but do not
meet enough symptoms to
be for any of the other
subtypes.
Residual Type
•is a form of Schizophrenia that has
characteristics of a previous diagnoses .
•But no longer has any of the symptoms.
•Some symptoms are remaining of the
disorder such as emotional blunting, illogical
thinking or social withdrawal.
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Difficult Learning Problems
Guilt or Obsession
Anxious or Fearful
Dependent Personality
Dramatic; Dangerous
Odd or Suspicious Personality
Other Characterized Symptoms:
-Positive Symptoms (Hallucinations, Delusions, Disorganized Speech)
-Negative Symptoms (Lack of feelings, or emotion, No face expression)
-Symptoms vary from person to person.
 People with this disorder begin to experience change that last
at least 6 months, within this month there should be 2 active
symptoms.
 During the 6 months of disturbance symptoms, it should of
affected the ability to work, to take care of themselves or to
have issues with relationships.
 Many medications, cause hallucinations and other abnormal
effects but that does not mean that a person can or will get
Schizophrenia based on that effect.
Etiology
Causes Of Schizophrenia:
 As said before, The result of an interaction
between genetics and environment influences.
If there are first time relatives your at a greater risk
 The development of Schizophrenia, depends on
the amount and types of stress the person
experienced.
Scientist also believe that the cause also comes
from a chemical unbalanced in the brain; this
chemical can cause messages in the brain to get
Risk Factors
Prevalence
 Women are most likely to
develop paranoid delusions
and hallucinations.
 Women who are more
commonly diagnosed with
Schizophrenia are from the
age of 25-30.
 Women that are diagnosed
find it easy to get married,
find a job and live a normal
life.
 Men In the other hand, are
most likely to develop
Schizophrenia from the age of
18-25.
 Men, due to the fact that it
strikes men at a younger age,
they are less likely to live a
better life, and be homeless.
 2 million people in a given
year live with it in the U.S &
24 million from around the
world.
Treatment
Atypicals
-A class of drugs developed and first used in 1990s. They are more commonly
used than conventional antipsychotics.
Biological Treatments
-Psychological interventions social culture interventions that focus on therapy
and family involvement.
Most people with schizophrenia have to be hospitalized in homes,
for safety reasons and they receive basic needs.
Prognosis
With Medication
Without Medication
 Taking medication for
 A person who does not take
Schizophrenia can help control
the abnormal thinking that
occurs in the brain. People who
take medication find it easy to
begin to live a normal life. They
are less likely to hurt themselves
and others.
 There is huge improvement
unless the person decides to not
take the medication their
symptoms will appear again.
medication, will most likely
end up in Mental Hospital for a
few months.
 There are cases where a person
can get to the point of
committing suicide.
 And, if not committed suicide
they will most likely end up
killing someone.
Teen with Schizophrenia spreads the word
about mental illness
 John Hill, 19 Years old. Was
Diagnosed at the age of 17. Was
developing symptoms at 17, but
decided to keep it a secret. His first
symptom was hallucinations which
caused him and he experienced
“severe paranoia” . He finally told his
mother , and she helped him seek
help. Now he’s a member of the
Youth Suicide Prevention Council and
Children’s Wellness Center he is being
treated and is gladly helping others by
spreading his story to others. He
states that” Mental Illness is not a
disability, it’s a rocky road, I just have
to drive around it.
Personal struggles with
Schizophrenia
 Shayanne Powell’s grandmother
died at the age of 13. After that she
felt a huge change. Her suicidal
thoughts became worse. She
became paranoid. Slept over her
friends house one day and got
raped. That’s when her symptoms
of hallucinations came in at 15
years old. She was out and in of
hospitals for 3 or 4 years. She went
back to high school while taking
medication and came along with
living a normal life even though
sometimes she still has difficulties.
 Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYZauBSRuWQ
Website
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/schizophrenia/schizo_treatmen
t2.htm
Stories
http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005683.html
http://www.invegasustenna.com/patientvideos?utm_campaign=Schizophrenia%20%20Exact&utm_content=Schizophrenia%20Treatment%20%20Exact&utm_term=schizophrenia%20treatments