Ashley Robinson Jordan Smith

What are psychotic disorders Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder

Causes of Schizophrenia Genes and environment Different brain chemistry and structure

Symptoms of Schizophrenia The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three broad categories: Positive symptoms – psychotic behaviors not seen in healthy people Negative symptoms – associated with disruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. Cognitive symptoms – subtle symptoms that are often undetected

The two main symptoms are: Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia Hallucinations Delusions

Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Flat affect Lack of pleasure in everyday life and the ability to begin and sustain planned activities Speaking little, even when forced to interact

Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia Poor ability to understand information and use it to make decisions Trouble focusing or paying attention Problems with the ability to use information immediately after learning it

Average Age of Onset Symptoms begin to appear between the ages of 16 and 30 These symptoms appear earlier in men than women Teenagers are hard to diagnose because during these years, teens typically begin to change behaviors

Prevalence Rate The Prevalence Rate for schizophrenia is approximately 1.1% of the population over the age of 18 or, in other words, at any one time as many as 51 million people worldwide suffer from schizophrenia, including; 6 to 12 million people in China (a rough estimate based on the population) 4.3 to 8.7 million people in India (a rough estimate based on the population) 2.2 million people in USA 285,000 people in Australia Over 280,000 people in Canada

Treatment of Schizophrenia Antipsychotic medications Psychosocial treatments Illness management skills Integrated treatment for co-occurring substance abuse Rehabilitation Family education Cognitive behavior therapy Self-help groups

Prognosis of Schizophrenia Is there a cure? How can someone live with schizophrenia? Will he/she ever be normal? Are schizophrenics violent? How to deal with the mentally ill?

More Psychotic Disorders Examples of other psychotic disorders are: Psychotic Depression Delusional Disorder Shared Psychotic Disorder

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