NURSING 2LA2 Chapter Notes -Complications Of Pregnancy, Psychotic Break, Parahippocampal Gyrus
9 Feb 2014
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Epidemiology schizophrenia has been described as a disconnection between thought and language. There is an interference with the filtering of stimuli from the environment. Which effects a persons thoughts feelings and overall behaviours. It is a complex disorder which occurs in about 1. 3% of all canadians. It occurs in all countries, and cultures and is equally distributed between men and women. Although there is a later onset of schizophrenia in women because estrogen is believed to be a protective factor and delays onset of symptoms. 10 % of persons with schizophrenia will commit suicide. Positive symptoms can be remembered as symptoms that exist but should not and are in excess or distortion of normal function. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are false fixed beliefs that usually involve a misinterpretation of an experience. Grandiose: where the person beliefs they have exceptional powers, wealth, skill, influence, or destiny.
