1. According to the World Health Organization, 650 Million people in the world have some type of physical or mental disability.

3. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects an individual’s: Thinking Emotions Behaviors Anyone can develop Schizophrenia no matter their: Ethnicity Gender Age

4. Discovered in Switzerland Pyschiatrist Eugen Bleuler discovered it Schizophrenia means split mind

6. Genetics

7. Fueled by Hollywood  Schizophrenics are violent  Schizophrenics have to live in mental hospitals  Schizophrenics have multiple personalities

11. Positive “Excess of distortions of mental functions” (Langwith 24) Positive symptoms are not necessarily good Symptoms include: -Hallucinations -Delusions Negative “lack or absence of behaviors” (Langwith 24) Negative symptoms are not necessarily bad Symptoms include: -Loss of cognitive skills -Inappropriate emotional responses -Loss of emotion

13.  Paranoid -Have thoughts that they are being persecuted -Delusions often involve government agencies like the CIA or FBI  Catatonic: - At risk for malnutrition, exhaustion, or self harm  Residual: - Positive and negative symptoms - At least one psychotic episode

14.  Disorganized -Disorganized thinking and behavior -Inappropriate responses to certain situations  Undifferentiated -Positive and negative symptoms -Doesn’t fit the criteria for the other types

15.  Acute -First psychotic episode -Intervention and possibly hospitalization  Stabilization -Figuring out medication -Prevention of relapse  Maintenance -Continuation/tweaking of medication -Relapse is common

16.  Medication is the foundation  Group Therapy  Individual or family therapy

17.  Social skills training  Supported employment

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