Schizophrenia can significantly impact language use and communication. Individuals may experience disorganized thinking, leading to incoherent speech patterns, tangential responses, or word salad, where words are jumbled without clear meaning. They might also struggle with maintaining a logical flow in conversation, which can hinder effective communication. Additionally, some may exhibit reduced verbal output or apathy, affecting their ability to engage in dialogue.
Approximately 285 000 people in Australia have schizophrenia.
Elaine Yudkovitz has written: 'Communication therapy in childhood schizophrenia' -- subject(s): Child psychotherapy, Childhood Schizophrenia, Communication, Interpersonal communication, Language disorders, Schizophrenia in children, Schizophrenic Language, Therapy
Consuming caffeine can reduce the effectiveness of clozapine in individuals with schizophrenia.
Residual schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that comes after an active psychotic episode. For the diagnosis of residual schizophrenia to be made, there must be no positive symptom (schizophasia, delusions, or hallucinations).
Bleuler's "four A's" of schizophrenia refer to: Ambivalence, disturbed Associations, disturbed Affect, and Autistic thinking.
This would probably be hebephrenic schizophrenia (also known as disorganized schizophrenia). However, all types of schizophrenia by definition have inappropriate affect. Hebephrenia is simply the most obvious and severe form that is based on an affective disorder.
Yes, people in the city do more often have schizophrenia than those in rural areas.
Freud would say that schizophrenia was caused by a dysfunctional family or childhood trauma that manifested in adulthood as schizophrenia. Poor family relationships can affect the way that a child perceives reality and interacts with the world.
Your constantly on your gaurd all day.
Yes. In Schizoaffective Disorder, criterion A is met for schizophrenia (delusions and hallucinations), but there is the ability to generate affect (show emotion) which confers are an improved prognosis and treatment course - as compared to schizophrenia proper.
Yes. People with Type I schizophrenia have mostly positive symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations. People with Type II schizophrenia have mostly negative symptoms, such as withdrawing from others and flat affect.
Hebrephrenic (Disorganized) schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is characterized by disorganized speech (verbigeration, clang association, etc), disorganized behavior (facial grimacing, strange walking patterns, etc), and disorganized affect (labile, silly or inappropriate, etc).