CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prefrontal Cortex, Schizophrenia, Twin

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 2P35
• Professor: John Mc Namara

Document Summary

* a debilitating and unforgiving disease characterized by severe psychotic breaks. * schizophrenia is a neurological disease that creates confusion between what is real and what is not. * with negative symptoms, it seems as if something is missing from the person, such as: * having little energy or interest in life. * positive symptoms are behaviours that should not normally be present, such as: * hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real). * delusions (beliefs that aren"t based on fact). * being obsessed with something, such as religion. * women 25 (some protection from higher levels of estrogen) * early symptoms (warning signs) are often evident in childhood. Gradual (more common in children or young teens) or. Acute psychotic episode (more common in adolescents or adults) * most individuals with schizophrenia have an increasing split from reality. * a small percentage of young children are diagnosed with childhood-onset schizophrenia.