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A group of psychotic disorders in

which personal, social and
occupational functioning deteriorate
as a result of disturbed thought
processes, strange perceptions,
unusual emotional states, and motor
abnormalities.
It is a disorder in which your
basic life skills declines
because of extremely disturbing
thoughts, abnormal motor
activities,etc
Person loses touch
with reality
● Functioning in work,
relationships, or self-care has
declined since onset

● Signs of disorder for at least

6 months
 Need to have at least 2-3 of these
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech
Disorganized (catatonic) behavior
negative symptoms (diminished
motivation or emotional expression)
Note
All of these symptoms
may not be present, and
they don’t have to be
This is a comprehensive
list covering ALL types
of the disease. Does
not mean if you have
one, that you will have
the other
 symptoms

positive/negative/
psychmotor
 Positive v/s negative symptoms

Positive Negative

Things that might start Things that might stop

happening happening/go away eg- the
Eg- hallucinations feeling of pleasure
Positive symptoms
● Hallucination
● Delusions
● Trouble
concentrating
● Confused thoughts
and disorganized
speech
● Movement disorders
Hallucinations

Auditory Olfactory
Includes good and bad
Hears voices in their
smells and tastes.
head, It can sound like
Someone might believe
one voice or many which
they’re being poisoned
demand to do things

Visual Tactile
See lights, objects, This creates a feeling
people, or patterns. of things moving on
Often leads to problems your body, like hands
with depth perception or insects
Delusions

Persecution Control
Being plotted Their feelings,
against, spied on, thoughts and
slandered, threatened, actions are controlled
attacked, etc. by others

Reference Grandeur
Attach special and Consider themselves a
personal meaning to the major figure on the
actions of others or to world stage, like an
objects and events actor
What kind of delusion is this

I am serena williams
Other symptoms

Confused
Trouble thoughts/ Movement
concentrating Disorganised disorders
speech
 Other symptoms

Some people with

People with schizophrenia
They cannot focus on most schizophrenia can seem
can have a hard time
things. For example- jumpy. Sometimes they'll
organizing their thoughts.
Zoning out when watching make the same movements
They might not be able to
shows on TV, Losing track of over and over again. But
follow along when you talk
the task they are doing, Not sometimes they might be
to them. Instead, it might
being able to do perfectly still for hours at a
seem like they're zoning out
occupational tasks/study in stretch, which experts call
or distracted. When they
school, etc this is different being catatonic. Contrary
talk, their words can come
than losing interest in to popular belief, people
out jumbled and not make
things they enjoy. with the disease usually
sense.
aren't violent
You see/hear/smell things Having strange beliefs that
that no one else can can be easily proven wrong
see/hear/smell (even if the person does not
believe in the proof)
What does it look like??
Negative
symptoms
● Blunted affect
● Flat affect
● Avolition
● Alogia
Negative symptoms

Alogia Blunted Flat

Avolition
affect affect

Reduction in Inability to
Feeling Showing no start/complete
speech and
lessened emotion emotions at all activities/
speech content
apathy
Psychomotor
symptoms
● Catatonia
● Catatonic stupor
● Catatonic rigidity
● Catatonic posturing
Types (these only show in extreme cases)

Catatonia Catatonic rigidity

less/no movement and making maintaining a rigid posture
odd gestures for long stretches of time

Catatonic stupor Catatonic posturing

remaining motionless for Sitting in awkward positions
long stretches of time for long stretches of time
Types

5 types
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Living with the disease