PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Dysfunction, Deinstitutionalisation, Comorbidity
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Sensations experienced: michelle misurelli was convinced that communist agents were plotting against her, took in information from the five senses properly, but interpreting them the wrong way. Prevalence: one of the most severe psychopathologies, perala et al 2007 found that the lifetime prevalence of all psychotic disorders exceeds 3%, with schizophrenia having a prevalence of 0. 87% Onset: can sometimes appear in childhood, but is most common in adolescence, is earlier for men than for women. Hospitalization rates: are relatively higher for young men (19. 9%) than for women, in psychiatric hospitals, the hospitalization rate is 30. 9, 10% of those with schizophrenia commit suicide, while 50% often experience comorbidity. Early descriptions: the concept of schizophrenia was formulated by european psychiatrists emil. Schizein , meaning to split , and phren , meaning mind : both psychiatrists believed that schizophrenia involves attentional difficulties. In other words, the neurons have fewer connections: schizophrenia is usually defined by behaviour.
