PSY240H1 Lecture : Psychotic Disorders
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Ppl with schiz not more likely to be violent. 1898 by kraeplin called it dementia praecox (early onset of intellectual decline); focused on describing the outcomes, didnt get into subtypes; gets worse and worse over time. 1908 bleuler- fragmented mind & split head ; breaking of associative threads, ppl with it couldn"t keep clear thoughts, thought there were people who could improve others who could wax and wane etc. His son found that 10% of the people with schizo, 25% of ppl improved and remained recovered, 50% fluctuated -> this not one thing called schizo, but there are different subtypes this is where the name group of schizos came from. The best studied mental illness but still kind of a mystery. Negative symptoms -> effective flattening, not talking very much. Bizarre delusions -> no possible way it can happen in reality.
