Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia

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• Is disorder that the individual loses touch with reality, it is characterized by distorted thinking, impaired emotional responses, poor interpersonal skills and a distortion of reality

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Hallucination

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• Unusual sensory experiences, often have no relation to the environment, can be experienced in any of the sense

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Flat effect

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• Lack of showing emotion, characterized by an apathetic and unchaining facial expression and little or no strength, tone or pitch of the voice

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Thought insertion

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• Form of delusion, it is a belief that one’s thoughts are no their own but rather belong to someone else and has been inserted into one’s mind
• The individual will not know where the though is coming from

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Delusion

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• Also known as paranoia, these are irrational beliefs
• These beliefs could be able the person’s body or political figures that they know

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Features of Schizophrenia

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• Most countries around the world the prevalence of schiz ranges from 0.3-0.7%
• Men tend to displace more negative symptoms and have a longer duration
• Childhood schiz is occasionally diagnosed