Schizophrenic Disorders

• Schizophrenic Disorders: about 1 in every 100 person are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
• Disorganized thinking: the thinking of a person with schizophrenia is fragmented and bizarre and distorted with false beliefs.
• Delusion (false beliefs): Delusions of persecution, delusion of grandeur.
• Disturbed Perceptions: sensory experiences without sensory stimulations.
• Inappropriate Emotions and Actions: laugh at inappropriate times, flat effect-a reduction in emotion, senseless, compulsive acts, catatonia-motionless waxy flexibility.
• Positive vs. Negative Symptoms: 
• Positive: Presence of inappropriate symptoms.
• Negative: Absence of appropriate ones.
• Types of Schizophrenia:
• Disorganized Schizophrenia: disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotions.
• Paranoid Schizophrenia: preoccupied with deletions or hallucinations.
• Catatonic Schizophrenia: parrot like repeating of another's speech and movements.
• Undifferentiated Schizophrenia: many and varied symptoms.