A long term mental health condition that causes a range of psychological symptoms. Sufferers susally have episodes where symptoms are particularly bad, followed by periods of having little/ no symptoms
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Give 4 psychological symptoms of schizophrenia
Hallucinations, delusions , muddled thoughts, changes in behaviour
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What does research suggest causes schizophrenia?
A combination of physical, genetic, psychological & environmental factors
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What may trigger a psychotic episode?
A stressful/ emotional life event eg. divorce, drug abuse eg. LSD or cocaine
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Give a symptom of schizophrenia
Psychosis
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Symptoms of schizophrenia are usually categorised into 2 categories, what are they?
Positive symptoms and negative symptoms
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What do positive symptoms represent?
A change in behaviour or thought, such as hallucinations or delusions
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What is a hallucination?
When a person experiences a sensation but there is nothing or nobody to account for it, most common is hearing voices.
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What's a delusion?
A belief held with complete conviction eg. that they're being hunted by the government
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What do negative symptoms represent?
A withdrawal or lack of function which you would usually expect to see in a healthy person eg. may appear emotionless
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What is a CMHT and what do they do?
Community mental health team. They carry out detailed assessments of a persons symptoms.
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Give 4 stages to the care to the care programme approach (CPA)
Assessment, care plan, appointment of care coordinator, review
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Give a drug treatment for schizophrenia
Antipsychotics taken orally or through injection
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Give 3 common psychological treatments for schizophrenia
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), family therapy, arts therapy
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Give 5 ways to manage (live with) schizophrenia
Avoid drugs and alcohol, take prescribed medicine, have regular reviews, keeping healthy, stopping smoking
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