CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Public Health Genomics, Dystonia, Protective Factor
10 Apr 2015
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* onset is usually during adolescence- 20 years old most of the time. * a debilitating and unforgiving disease characterized by severe psychotic breaks. * schizophrenia is a neurological disease that creates confusion between what is. * not split personality- split of reality split personality is very rare (is when your real and what is not mind can dissociate to another personality and shut down the original one) * with negative symptoms, it seems as if something is missing from the person, such as: withdrawing, losing interest, taking away-feeling of depression. * having little energy or interest in life. * positive symptoms are behaviours that should not normally be present, such as: added to the individual( not positive as in good)- isn"t typical onboard. * hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real). * delusions (beliefs that aren"t based on fact). * being obsessed with something, such as religion. * affects 1 in 100 individuals- very common.
