Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia: affects how a person think, feel, and behave. lost in touch with reality
• Positive symptoms: hallucinations, delusions, disconnection from reality
• Negative symptoms: inhibition of facial expressions, lack of motivation, difficulty showing emotions
• Paranoid schizophrenia:

  • has many delusions and hallucinations of hearing, seeing or feeling
  • speech and emotions may not be affected
• Disorganized schizophrenia:

  • disorganized thoughts and behaviors
  • may experience short-lasting hallucinations and delusions
  • little to no emotions and speak in flat tone
  • disconnected with the society
• Catatonic Schizophrenia: A type of schizophrenia characterized by a lack of voluntary movement.

  • very active to very still
  • resistance to moving, not talk for time, may mimic other's speech or movement
• treatments:

  • medication
  • brain stimulation
  • family therapy