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Schizophrenic Disorders Exam 4 Review • Schizophrenia-In their own words o Based on interview with 7 people, average age 44 o Accepting diagnosis ▪ “It was like a relief in a way that at le... ast they knew now what I already knew that I'd got this schizophrenia” ▪ However, researchers found that an emphasis on the biological nature of schizophrenia undermined hope and risked leading “individuals to become passive recipient of care” o Stigma fear ▪ “i was too scared to tell the doctors what my realsymptoms were so they could treat me” ▪ “People are always afraid of saying that word to me... because it is a dirty word.” ▪ “Nobody likes rejection, so I just don’t put myself in that position” ▪ “... to have people treat me like that, you want to say, ‘Look, I'm not that bad” • Schizophrenia o An umbrella term for a group of psychotic disorders involving disturbances of behavior, thinking, emotions and perceptions o Typical onset is during late adolescence o Affects about 1% of the population ▪ Rate seems similar across cultures ▪ Rates vary by SES: 1.9% for lower to 0.4% for upper o Affects more men than women, affects men earlier in life than women, and tends to be less severe in women o Onset may be gradual, or may be sudden ▪ Gradual includes prodromal phase of decreasing social engagement ▪ After acute episodes, person may return to a residual phase of behavior similar to that of the prodromal • Schizophrenia- History o Emil Kraepelin: Dementia Praecox ▪ Loss of inner unity of thought, feeling and acting ▪ Believed it arose out of a body-level problem o Eugen Bleuler ▪ Coined word ‘schizophrenia’, meaning ‘split brain’ ▪ Split is between aspects of personality, not a split into different personalities ▪ Symptomology of four A’s • Disconnected associations • Flat or inappropriate affect • Ambivalence towards others • Autism- living in a private fantasy world o Kurt Schneider [Show More]

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