Schizophrenia Presentation

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Major Divisions of Symptoms

Positive Symptoms

Negative Symptoms

Psychomotor Symptoms

Hallucinations a Positive Symptom of Schizophrenia

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia

Types of Schizophrenia

Disorganized

Catatonic

Paranoid

Undifferentiated

Residual

Biological View

Genetic Factors

Biochemical Abnormalities

Abnormal Brain Structure

Viral Problems

Psychological Views

Psychodynamic

Cognitive

Sociocultural View

Social Labeling

Family Dysfunctioning

Types of Treatment

Institutional Care

Antipsychotic Drugs

Psychotherapy

The Community Approach

Common Misconceptions…

“If you talk to God,

you are praying;

if God talks to you,

you have schizophrenia”

(Szasz, n.d., p. 1).

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