Psychosis and Schizophrenia

RSJKA, 6 Mei 2017

psychosis
 Clinical description of psychosis
Psychosis is a syndrome a mixture of
symptoms - that can be associated with many
different psychiatric disorders,
At a minimum, psychosis means delusions and
hallucinations.
includes symptoms such as disorganized
speech, disorganized behavior, and gross
distortions of reality testing.
 psychosis
paranoid psychosis
disorganized/excited
Depressive psychosis psychosis
 Schizophrenia is more than a psychosis..

Schizophrenia affects 1 percent of the

population,
in the United States there are over 300,000
acute schizophrenic episodes annually.
Between 25 and 50 percent of schizophrenia
patients attempt suicide, and 10 percent
eventually succeed
 The syndrome of schizophrenia consists of a mixture of
symptoms that are commonly divided into two major categories,
positive and negative.
syndrome of schizophrenia
Five symtom dimensions of schizophrenia
Positive symtoms across disorders
Causes of negative symtoms
Cognitive symtoms across disorders
Aggressive symtoms across disorders
Affective symtoms across disorders