PSY240H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Eugen Bleuler, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, Prefrontal Cortex
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Schizophrenia: a psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behavior. Prevalence: 0. 2% - 2%; lifetime prevalence is generally accepted to be 1% It is underestimated because some people do not admit to have schizophrenia, and the population does not include homeless, hospitalized or supervised residential people. More males than females (1. 4 times more) Onset: late adolescence or early adulthood; earlier in men than women. Early treatment adaptations in case of early non-remission are mandatory . Comorbid personality disorders are common and have implications for the course and clinical management of schizophrenia. Substance abuse is a major problem for people with schizophrenia; 37% of the people with schizophrenia comorbid with substance abuses. Prodromal phase of schizophrenia: wide variety of comorbid psychiatric syndromes, esp mdd and cannabis dependence. Several important factors: thought, perception, attention, motor behavior, emotion, life functioning, and duration of the symptoms. Key to understand schizophrenia: recognizing its heterogeneity at the empirical and conceptual levels.
