PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Grandiose Delusions, Schizophreniform Disorder, Substantia Nigra
21 Jul 2013
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1% of the population suffers from it. One of the most severe psychopathologies: people with anxieties and depressions have an easier time coping than do people with delusions and hallucinations. This is because these delusions and hallucinations can put yourself or those around you at risk for harm: requires stronger/more medications; it"s more debilitating. Male have the onset of the illness earlier than females: females typically present in their mid-late twenties (but not always, late teens for males. Early onset of schizophrenia can be characterized by a number of acute episodes. Acute episodes are characterized by the positive symptoms (psychotic symptoms: these are the symptoms that bring the individual to the attention of a physician/psychiatrist. Negative symptoms are experienced between acute (ie psychotic) episodes. As each acute episode occurs, the person falls more and more away from their baseline (pre- illness) functioning: so you get worse and worse after each psychotic episode.
