Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia: Chronic psychotic disorder characterized by disturbed behaviour, thinking, emotions and

nd perceptions Psychosis(Psychotic): Major loss o contact !ith shared vie!s o reality Symptoms Positive : Symptoms that are added to normal behavior "elusions: "istorted thoughts, #elie s one has that aren$t true% "elusions o persecution(belie that someone is out to get you) "elusion o grandeur(belie that one thinks that they are very important person) &egative: Symptoms that take a!ay rom normal behavior "isorganized