01:830:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Schizophrenia
28 Jul 2016
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Serious set of disorders that involve a decline in functioning, along with symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and or disturbed thought processes which must persist for at least 6 months. Until recently schizophrenia was thought of to be untreatable. Perceptual experiences that have no basis in reality. Auditory hallucinations: give person command, criticized behavior. Positive symptoms: hallucinations, delusions, disorganization, thought disorders, bizarre behaviors. Gender: no consistency in research: some findings more then men, onset appears earlier in men. Ethnicity: rate is consistent across all countries and cultures: when differences do appear, it seemed to be tied to how schizophrenia is defined and explained. Socioeconomic class: less classes are more likely to be diagnosed a 8x greater levels of stress: disorder causes a downward social shift, big in diagnosis, bias in treatment, bias in self presentation. Biological relatives of people who suffer from schizophrenia: risk: 8-14%
