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Schizophrenia
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Psyichotic disorder - Characterized by a combiniation of specific positive symptoms and negative symptoms
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Positive Symptoms include:
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Hallucinations, False belief w/o evidence, Impairment of speech reflecting a disruption in thought process, Inappropriate affect
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Negative Symptoms include:
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Flat/blunt affect, loss of willpower, Poverty of content of speech, Speech w/little meaningful information, Inability to experience pleasure
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3 Phases of Schizophrenia include:
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1) Prodromal Phase
2) Active Phase 3) Residual Phase |
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Prodoromal Phase
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Decline in role functioning
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Active Phase
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Full-blown symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior)
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Residual Phase
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Psychotic symptoms improve but impairment continues
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Requirements of Dx of Schizophrenia
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Continuous signs for a minimum of 6 monhts
Mood episodes during active phase were brief Active phase must have lasted at least 1 month w/o treatment |
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Subtypes of Schizophrenia
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1) Paranoid
2) Disorganized 3) Catatonic 4) Undifferentiated 5) Residual |
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Paranoid Schizophrenia
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Prominent delusions - presecutory, grandiose, or auditory hallucinations
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Disorganized Schizophrenia
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Disorganized speech and behavior.
Flat or inappropriate behavior |
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Catatonic Schizophrenia
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A minimum of 2 of the following:
1) Motor inability 2) Purposeless movement 3) Negativism (resist instructions) 4) Peculiar voluntary movements 5) Echolalia - repetition of words uttered by another or Echoprazia - mimicking movements of another person |
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Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
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Has at least 2 of the following major characterisitics, but does not fit a subtype
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Residual Schizophrenia
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When the individual has had a minimum of 1 episode and continues to evidence impairment but in the absence of prominent psychotic symptoms
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Schizophreniform Disorder
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May or may not have experienced impairment in social/occupational functioning.
Had some symptoms of the disorder a minimum of 1 month but less than 6 months |
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Schizoaffective Disorder
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Major depressive, Manic, or Mixed episode in combination w/ symptoms of Schizophrenia.
Mood symptoms must be prominent in illness |
