Understanding and Treating Mental illness

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What is Bipolar I?
Major depressive and Mania
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What is BipolarII?
Major depressive and hyomania
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What is hypomania?
Midly manic episodes, not marked by impairment in functioning
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What are depressive symptoms?
3X more common than manic
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What is age of onset?
First episode usually before 30 years
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What are the features of schizphrenia?
Significantly altered perceptions and thoughts mood and behaviour
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What is the age of onset?
Early adult hood
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What are the positive symptoms?
Delusions (fixed beliefs that have no basis in fact), hallucinations (perceptions without external stimulus), disorganised thinking and behaviour
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What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
anhedonia, diminished speech output, avolition, diminished emotional expression
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What are cognitive symptoms?
Slow thinking, difficulty making decisions and distractible
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What are the historical facts?
SEvere with poor prognosis, but good long term outcome in over half of individuals
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However, what is it not common?
In general population to hear voices at some point in life
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