PS101 Lecture Notes - Paranoid Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia, Disorganized Schizophrenia
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25-44 years of age it can attack an individual. Generally speaking, there is a dynamic harmony within the individual: the thoughts, behavior and emotions are all part of the dynamic harmony. Split in the mind, not a split in the personality. In schizophrenia the harmony is destroyed and thought as: thought as disorderly, aggressive behavior. Schizophrenia is the most debilitating of disorders, have been around since 1674. Think of a collection of disorders rather than one single one (ex. Unable to determine if its hereditary, genetic, viral, simply a label we apply to a non conforming label that takes its own. Some cultures have high rates some have low, different terms for the disease depending on ones culture. Lower socioeconomic groups compared to high ratio is 1:40 (go up slightly more women than men suffer from schizophrenia but the prognosis for females with schizophrenia is much, much better for females than males)
