PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Solitude
10 Dec 2017
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Schizophrenia: psychotic disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, emotion, and behaviour including: disordered thinking, problems with attention and perception, flat or inappropriate affect. Tend to withdraw from others and reality often into a fantasy life/delusions. Symptoms: number of acute episodes, and in between those episode, you experience less sever but: bizarre disturbances in motor activity, social withdrawal still very debilitating episodes. Most treated within community but hospitalization is sometimes needed. 40-60% attempt suicide, but 10% actually commit suicide. Those suffering from schizophrenia also experience comorbidity. Plays a role in development, severity, and course of disorder. Comorbid axis i: substance use, mood & anxiety disorders. Comorbid axis ii: avoidant, paranoid, dependent, antisocial. 37% of a sample of people with schizophrenia showed current evidence of substance use disorders: was especially common in men. Childhood conduct disorder problems are risk factor for substance use disorders in schizophrenia. 40% of participants long-term treatment with schizophrenia were depressed at outset.
