Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nasser has enemies
- delusion
- causes
- Genetic / Biological / Environmental
/ Psychological factors
- types
- Erotomanic / Grandiose / Jealous /
Persecutory / Somatic / Mixed
- People who have it
can’t tell what’s real
from what is imagined.
- hallucinations vs
delusion
- Hallucinations can be auditory, visual, taste, olfactory /
they appear to be real but only exist in your mind
- Delusions: An unshakeable belief that something is true despite facts pointing to the
contrary. Clearly false and indicates to abnormalities in the person’s thoughts
- Social and cultural beliefs
on mental illness
- The experience and manifestation of mental illness are influenced by an individual's
social and cultural background. It can determine how individuals communicate their
symptoms, influence their understanding of their illness, and determine the coping
strategies they adopt and the type of interventions they seek
- Persecutory delusions
- definition
- Persecutory delusions are
persistent, troubling, false beliefs
that one is about to be harmed or
mistreated by others in some way.
- examples of
persecutory delusions
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder that
affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
- People with schizophrenia can lose touch with reality, due to
experiencing delusions, hallucinations and thought disorder.
- Symptoms of schizophrenia
- Positive symptoms / Negative symptoms /
Cognitive symptoms / Mood symptoms
- Presentation of
Schizophrenia
- delusions / hallucinations / Disorganized thinking (speech) / Extremely
disorganized or abnormal motor behavior / Negative symptoms
- Causes and Risk Factors
of Schizophrenia
- genetic and family history
- environmental factors
- early disruptions
- Neurochemicals
- Imbalances in certain chemicals, including dopamine,
glutamate, and serotonin, have been linked to schizophrenia
- drug abuse
- drugs are: Cannabis, Cocaine, LSD, Amphetamines
- Mental state
examination for
Schizophrenia
- what to look
at?
- DSM-V
Schizophrenia
- Two or more of these symptoms must
be present for at least one month (Can
be less if being successfully treated) And
at least one symptom must be 1. 2. or 3.
- Hallucinations / Delusions (Bizarre or not)
/ Disorganized speech / Grossly
disorganized behavior / Negative
symptoms
- Pathophysiology of
Schizophrenia
- Neurodevelopmental
hypothesis
- Affected individuals have
motor and cognitive
problems which precede
the onset of the illness.
- Neurotransmission
alteration
- MANAGEMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA –
ANTIPSYCHOTICS & LITHIUM
- antipsychotics
- lithium
- Mood Stabilizer / Treat bipolar disorder, the
acute manic episode and to prevent relapse /
Inhibits phosphoinositol pathway
- Epidemiology of
schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people or 1 in 300 people
(0.32%) worldwide. Onset is most often during late adolescence and the
twenties, and onset tends to happen earlier among men than among women.