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Schizophrenia
Myths and Facts
Alternative Views
BONUS ROUND
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What is the difference between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? Provide one example of each.
Positive symptoms are the presence of a behaviour such as disorganized speech, hallucinations and delusions Negative symptoms are the deficits of functions such as apathy (avolition), alogia, anhedonia, flat affect, asociatliy
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People with Schizophrenia have split or multiple personalities?
Myth - schizophrenia comes from a Greek word that means "split mind" meaning someone suffers from split from reality
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What is the Schizophrenia Paradox?
Schizophrenia has a high prevalence rate (1%) and a low fecundity rate
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Stump your Partner
1) As teams please develop your own question related to today’s presentation. 2) Once that is completed please hand your question to the team sitting to the right of you. 3) Before reading and attempting to answer the question given to you please bet the amount of points you are willing to wager.
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What are the 3 categories of schizophrenia?
Disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia
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People with Schizophrenia must take a lot of medication in order to get better?
Myth - research supports that when people with schizophrenia are treated with a combination of anti-psychotic medication and psychosocial therapies they can, and do, get better
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What are 3 possible qualities of a Shaman?
Conduits of the spirit world, religious leaders, healers, perform rights of passage, perform rituals
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What is Schizophrenia?
A psychiatric disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion and behaviour
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It is more common for people with Schizophrenia to experience auditory hallucinations vs. any other type of hallucinations?
Fact- a fifth of people with schizophrenia have visual hallucinations, but hearing voices is much more common, occuring in 70% of people with schizophrenia
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What is the Moral Behavior/Punishment model?
Schizophrenia believed to be the result of the individual or the family's transgressions.
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Name 3 things that someone with schizophrenia may struggle with, or is at risk of, on a day to day basis?
Lack of employment, increased risk of homelessness, marital discord, impaired academic performance, daily activity, personal care, parenting and/or social relationships
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If one of your parents has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia that means you will be to?
Myth - A family history of schizophrenia does increase your risk of developing it, but not as dramatically as most people think. No family history- 1% Extended family - increase risk by 2% Parent - increased risk by 10% An identical twin - 50% risk
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What could be a factor in schizophrenia according to the social model?
An example of an environmental or relationship factor
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Name 4 possible theories of Schizophrenia?
Genetics, biochemical, brain, psychosocial stress, drug use
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People living with Schizophrenia have better outcome in developed countries
Fact - Based on World Health Organization study, people living with schizophrenia have a better prognosis in developing countries. Prognosis includes Global Assessment of Functioning, Disability Assessment Schedule, employment status and incident of psychosis episodes
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Can you think of any alternative perspectives on mental health that were not mentioned today?
Psychoanalytical model - person with schizophrenia acting according to subconscious motives. Example, "schizophrenia mother" Conspiratorial model – schizophrenia only a label used to suppress social deviants (not a real illness)