Overview

Overview – Schizophrenia Disorders, Part 3     

Schizophrenia or dementia praecox as it was once known, has been considered a unique psychotic mental illness for over a century. It is characterized by behavioral, emotional, and cognitive or thinking disturbances such as delusions and hallucinations—associated with impaired personal, occupational, social, and selfcare functioning. The disorder can last a lifetime. It appears that there are interactions of several genes with environmental risk factors, some of which may begin during gestation. 

Prevalence estimates of Schizophrenia and the multiple subtypes that form the Schizophrenia Spectrum range between 0.25 and 1.00 percent in the general population. 

In Schizophrenia Disorders, Part 1 (Module 14), information on four types of disorders was presented, one type each day for four days:

1. Schizophrenia Disorder
2. Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder
3. Schizoaffective Depressive Type Disorder
4. Schizophrenia Substance Induced Disorder

In Schizophrenia Disorders, Part 2 (Module 15), information on four additional types of disorders was presented, one type each day for four days:

1. Schizotypal Disorder
2. Delusional Disorder
3. Brief Psychotic Disorder
4. Schizophreniform Disorder

Schizophrenia Disorders, Part 3 (Module 16), presents Information on four more types of disorders, one type each day for four days. These are:  

1. Schizophrenia Due to Medical Condition
2. Catatonia Due to Mental Condition
3. Catatonia Due to Medical Condition
4. Unspecified Schizophrenia Disorder

On the fifth day, the Team reviews each of the four disorders, helping you to fix the information in your memory and to reaffirm the strategies for dealing with each type. Typically, the average person needs to review information three or four times to move it from short-term memory into long-term memory. 

This concludes the Overview for Schizophrenia, Part 3