Monday, March 23, 2020

Schizophrenia Notes



(Etiology: where the disorder comes from)




Important note: here positive is being used in the "math" sense not the "English" sense - we are talking about adding thoughts/feelings/behaviors that a normal healthy person doesn't have (not that these thoughts/feelings/behaviors are good)




For a good illustration of cognitive symptoms, watch the man who starts at 2.06 and goes until 4.38.  He is a real patient, not an actor.

Again, we are using "negative" in the sense that people are lacking thoughts/feelings/behaviors that healthy people have.  It is not a judgement.


This patient is an actor, but it is a very helpful illustration of negative symptoms.






This video is a little long, but worth watching.  It really illustrates a number of positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms.  Gerald is a real patient.

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