Classification

Question 1

What kind of disorder is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

• A psychotic disorder

Question 2

How would you describe schizophrenia?

Answer 2

• Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness where contact with reality and insight are impaired

Question 3

What does schizophrenia affect?

Answer 3

• Affects thought processes and ability to determine reality

Question 4

What does schizophrenia actually mean?

Answer 4

• Split mind
• which relates to split from reality rather man an actual split in the mind.

Question 5

What does it manif schizophrenia is culturally universal?

Answer 5

• It is a worldwide disease
• however both the symptoms and the incidence (how common it is) varies from culture to culture

Question 6

Approximately what percentage of the population will develop schizophrenia in their lifetime?

Answer 6

1%

Question 7

What is the prevalence rate?

Answer 7

• rates can vary between 0.33% and 15%

Question 8

How common is schizophrenia?

Answer 8

• It is the most common disorder
• 50% of all psychiatric patients

Question 9

How many people have a diagnosis worldwide?

Answer 9

• 24 million → 55 million people

Question 10

What is the peak of incidence tor onset?

Answer 10

• 25 to 30 years old
• cases prior to adolescence are extremely rare

Question 11

What are the gender differences?

Answer 11

• Overall there are no gender differences
  -A similar number of men and women are diagnosed
  -But disorder often appear earlier in men.
• twice as many men as women between ages 15 and 24 are diagnosed.

Question 12

What happens to the rate of incidence in females between the ages 25 →34?

Answer 12

• It rises until after 35 years of age.