PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Flu Season, Schizophrenia, Catatonia
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Schizophrenic disorders: a group of psychological disorders involving distortion of thought, perception and emotion; bizarre behaviour; and social withdrawal, mea(cid:374)s (cid:862)split (cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) (cid:271)ut does (cid:374)ot i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e (cid:373)ultiple perso(cid:374)alities, effects about 1% in canada. Causes of schizophrenia: concordance rate is about 50%, although no particular genes have been identified, and it is possible different genes might be involved in the different types of schizophrenia, one hypothesis involves prenatal viral infections. In the northern hemisphere, people born in the winter/spring months, january through. April, following the fall/winter flu season, are more at risk than people born other months of the year. Causes of schizophrenia: a second hypothesis involves neurotransmitters, schizophrenics have elevated levels of dopamine activities in certain areas of their brains, a third hypothesis involves various brain abnormalities, especially among those with type. Cognitive functions: mild or no impairment in schizophrenia. Clinical challenges: substance use disorders are common in people with schizophrenia, adherence to treatments can be irregular.
