Schizophrenia
👉 Schizophrenia is not a split or multiple personality it is a psychosis, a type of mental illness in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. 👉The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three categories: positive, negative, and cognitive. 🌔Positive symptoms: “Positive” symptoms are psychotic behaviors not generally seen in healthy people. People with positive symptoms may “lose touch” with some aspects of reality 🌔Negative symptoms: “Negative” symptoms are associated with disruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. 🌔Cognitive symptoms: For some patients, the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia are subtle, but for others, they are more severe and patients may notice changes in their memory or other aspects of thinking. 👉Because the causes of schizophrenia are still unknown, treatments focus on eliminating the symptoms of the disease. Treatments include: +Antipsychotics +Psychosocial Treatments +Coordinated specialty care (CSC)
