Katie Roner and Hannah Davis

Case Report
Schizophrenia

Summary Symptoms

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder which affects how a Behavioral: social isolation,
person thinks, acts, and feels. They usually have trouble differing disorganized behavior,and
what is imaginary
aggression, agitation, compulsive
real, may also have difficulty expressing normal emotions. behavior, excitability, hostility,
repetitive movements, self-harm,
or lack of restraint, thought
disorder, delusion, amnesia,
belief that an ordinary event has
special and personal meaning,
belief that thoughts aren't one's
own, disorientation, memory
loss, mental confusion, or
slowness in activity
Mood: anger, anxiety, apathy,
feeling detached from self,
general discontent, loss of
interest or pleasure in activities,
elevated mood, or inappropriate
emotional response
Psychological: hallucination,
paranoia, hearing voices,
depression, fear, persecutory
delusion, or religious delusion
Speech: circumstantial speech,
incoherent speech, rapid and
frenzied speaking, or speech
disorder
Also common: false belief of
superiority, fatigue, impaired
motor coordination, or lack of
emotional response

History

Written documents of Schizophrenia can be dated back to the old Pharaonic Egypt. But, the disease was first
identified by Dr. Emil Kraepelin in 1887. At first he called is Dementia Praecox or premature dementia. Eugene
Bleuler was the first to use the term Schizophrenia in 1911 derived of the Greek words schizo meaning (split) and
phren meaning (mind). Bleuler was a swiss psychiatrist who took Kraepelins ideas and found that patients with
Schizophrenia do improve over time. Before Schizophrenia was found as a mental illness, treatment once consisted
of exorcisms and insulin shock treatment. In 1952 Henri Laborit a Parisian surgeon discovered chlorpromazine or
what is now known as antipsychotic helped with treating the symptoms of schizophrenia. After this discovery people
diagnosed with schizophrenia no longer needed to stay in confined asylums but they could live in the open
community.
Affected Ages Frequency

Most commonly affected ages 16-25 Although not common, Schizophrenia is a horrible and chronic
disease.
World wide about 1% have it, but in America 1.2% are diagnosed
with
it, which is about 3.2 million.
Research

Changes in Treatment
Treatments are usually lifelong and involve, various types of medication, psychotherapy, support groups, cognitive
therapy, behavior therapy, family therapy, social skill training, vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and
electroconvulsive therapy.

Statistics

Men and women have equal chances of getting Schizophrenia

Men who have Schizophrenia may have symptoms earlier than women
An average 1-2 years pass before the patient is diagnosed with the disease
Children and adults over the age of 45 rarely get Schizophrenia
All races have equal chances of getting Schizophrenia
10% of adults with Schizophrenia commit suicide
75%-90% of people with Schizophrenia smoke
Marijuana increases the rate of psychosis
After 30 years 15% of patients with Schizophrenia are dead, mostly due to suicide
After 30 years 25% have experienced recovery (but there is no cure so no one is truly recovered)

Citations
http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/schizintro.html
http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/schizintro.html
https://www.livingwithschizophreniauk.org/advice-sheets/schizophrenia-a-brief-history/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/diagnosis-treatment/treatment/txc-20253211
https://www.healthyplace.com/thought-disorders/schizophrenia-information/schizophrenia-facts-schizophrenia-statistics/
https://www.healthyplace.com/thought-disorders/schizophrenia-information/history-of-schizophrenia/