INTRODUCTION

Schizophrenia is an extremely complex mental disorder: in fact it is probably many illnesses

masquerading as one. A biochemical imbalance in the brain is believed to cause symptoms.
Recent research reveals that schizophrenia may be a result of faulty neuronal development in
the fetal brain, which develops into full-blown illness in late adolescence or early adulthood.
Schizophrenia causes distorted and bizarre thoughts, perceptions, emotions, movement, and
behavior. It cannot be defined as a single illness; rather thought as a syndrome
or diseaseprocess with many different varieties and symptoms. It is usually diagnosed in late
adolescence or early adulthood. Rarely does it manifest in childhood. The peak incidence of
onset is 15 to 25 years of age for men and 25 to 35 years of age for women.
The symptoms of schizophrenia are categorized into two major categories, the positive or
hard symptoms which include delusion, hallucinations, and grossly disorganized thinking,
speech, and behavior, and negative or soft symptoms as flat affect, lack of volition, and social
withdrawal or discomfort. Medication treatment can control the positive symptoms but frequently
the negative symptoms persist after positive symptoms have abated. The persistence of these
negative symptoms over time presents a major barrier to recovery and improved the functioning
of client’s daily life.
TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA:
The diagnosis is made according to the client’s predominant symptoms:
 Schizophrenia, paranoid type is characterized by persecutory (feeling victimized or
spied on) or grandiose delusions, hallucinations, and occasionally, excessively religiosity
(delusional focus) or hostile and aggressive behavior.
 Schizophrenia, disorganized type is characterized by grossly inappropriate or flat
affect, incoherence, loose associations, and extremely disorganized behavior.
 Schizophrenia, catatonic type is characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance,
either motionless or excessive motor activity. Motor immobility may be manifested by
catalepsy (waxy flexibility) or stupor.
 Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type is characterized by mixed schizophrenic
symptoms (of other types) along with disturbances of thought, affect, and behavior.
 Schizophrenia, residual type is characterized by at least one previous, though not a
current, episode, social withdrawal, flat affect and looseness of associations.
Objective

Main goal:
The goal of this study is to provide deeper theoretical and practical knowledge and
information about schizophrenia specifically the undifferentiated type

Specific Objectives:

 To provide information on related causes of schizophrenia

 To provide a framework of the study regarding the subject that can serve as the
foundation of future studies and research.
 To be able understand the situation of a patient having this disorder

Resident Identification :

NAME: Mr. T. R.

AGE:52 years old

ETHNICITY:Filipino

GENDER:Male

Civil status: Single

Religion: Roman Catholic

Medical History: