Psy 111 1st edition Lecture 35 Current Lecture o Schizophrenia hits you during adolescence o Schizophrenia video very complex and has many different symptoms brain disease that expresses itself in terms of thinking perception and behavior don t know causes who is susceptible or how to prevent it 1 of the world population has the disease strikes most often between the ages of 15 30 brain wiring and neural activity are some of the difference found in a schizophrenic brain and an ordinary brain A serious chronic psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality hallucinations delusions inappropriate affect disturbance in thinking and social withdrawal Affects 1 1 of U S Symptoms develop in late teens or early twenties for men and in the 20s and 30s for women Positive symptom beyond normal functioning Hallucinations imaginary sensations Delusions or false beliefs Loosening of associations or derailment Disorganized behavior inappropriate sexual behavior childlike behavior Inappropriate affect their expression of emotions is wrong Negative symptoms missing form normal functioning loss of deficiency in thoughts and behaviors characteristic of normal functioning These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Social withdrawal Limited speech Poor hygiene and grooming Lack of goal directed activity Flat affect Brain Abnormalities in schizophrenia low levels of frontal lobe activity abnormal dopamine too much activity reduced volumes of grey matter leads to large ventricular spaces Types of schizophrenia Paranoid suffer from delusions of grandeur or persecutions Disorganized marked by extreme withdrawal hallucinations delusions and bizarre behavior Catatonic display complete stillness and stupor or great agitation and excitement may become frozen in a strange position Risk Factors of schizophrenia as a result of interplay between biological predisposition genes and the environment if the mothers pregnancy was hard and childbirth was difficult then there is a higher chance the child will develop schizophrenia o Major trauma stress abuse psychoactive substances are also risk factors Personality disorders Long standing unchanging maladaptive hebavior pattern Persuasive and chronic Disturbed self image Inability to have functional interpersonal relationships Inappropriate range of emotions Lack of self control How do they come about something to do with early relationships and early attachment with parents temperament early experience Types Paranoid pervasive distrust and suspicion of others Preoccupied with doubts of loyalty and trustworthiness Personal attacks unjustifiably Have problems with anyone in power or anyone in authority Are you with me or against me and if you aren t with me then you re against me Antisocial lack of remorse deceitful impulsive aggressive Obsessive compulsive preoccupied with rules lists order etc unable to discard old worthless objects