Positive Symptoms
Other Symptoms
Four Phases
Other Problems
Stats and Facts
100
reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions
What are positive symptoms
100
loss of interest, lack of emotion, lack of ability to plan,
What are negative symptoms
100
Prodromal Phase, Acute Phase, Recuperative(Recovery) Phase, and Residual Phase
What are the four phases of COS
100
repeating exactly what everyon else says
What is echolalia
100
2:1 ration
What is the ratio of males to females
200
seeing or hearing things that don't exist
What are Hallucinations
200
neglecting hygiene, social withdrawl, loss of motivation
What are negative symptoms
200
beginning, includes withdrawal, preoccupations, poor self care, and sleep changes
What is the Prodromal Phase
200
poor communication, illogical thinking, poor peer relationships
What are other symptoms
200
males
Who does Schizophrenia affect more
300
beliefs that are not based in reality, includes misinterpretations of perceptions or experiences.
What are delusions
300
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior
What are symptoms that are clear before age 13
300
positive symptoms occur, decrease in cognitive functioning (hospitalization may occur)
What is the Acute Phase
300
cerebral volume (brain mass)
What is smaller in children with COS
300
less than 1%
What is the percentage of children who have COS
400
difficulty speaking and organizing thoughts
What are thought disorders
400
flat affect, deficiency of speech, lack of resolve
What are symptoms that are clear before age 13
400
positive symptoms stop, but negative symptoms persist. Children start to show a flat affect and become disinterested in daily activities
What is the Recuperative (Recovery) Phase
400
ventricles
What is larger in children with COS
400
15 to 20 years of age
What is average diagnostic age
500
ranges from silliness to unpredictable agitation
What is disorganized behavior
500
hearing voices
What is the most common hallucination
500
negative symptoms, child doesn't get better
What is the Residual Phase
500
sends sensation, spatial sense, and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, also regulates consciousness, sleep, and alertness
What is the thalmus
500
50%
What is the percentage of children who have a first degree relative with Schizophrenia
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