PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.4: Disorganized Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia, Catatonia
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It is possible to live a productive, peaceful and generally happy life with schizophrenia like john nash once he got help. Symptoms and types of schizophrenia: from reality, lack of integration of thoughts and emotions, problems with attention and memory. Brain disease that causes a person to experience significant breaks. When they have more than one personality it is schizophrenia. Solely an organic brain disease that only responds to. It is actually strongly affected by family support and life medication events that cause stress. Tend to occur in sequence but may cycle all 3 many times. Not uncommon for people to get upset thinking that the person is lazy or irresponsible. In the active phase, people typically experience delusional thoughts, hallucinations, or disorganized patterns of thoughts, emotions and behaviors- transitions to the residual phase. Residual phase, in which peoples predominant symptoms have appeared lessened considerably, and they may simply be withdrawn, have trouble concentrating and lack motivation.
