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- Aetiology: Genetic - strong evidence for genetic aetiology provided by
Family studies - the prevalence rates of schizophrenia in relatives of a
schizophrenic are as follows:
Relationship to...>more
- Classification: Hebephrenic schizophrenia ‑
Silly and childish behaviour.
Prominent affective symptoms and thought disorder
Delusions common but unsystematized.
Hallucinations common but...>more
- Clinical Features: The acute syndrome (positive symptoms) - main features ‑
Delusions.
Hallucinations.
Interference with thinking.
Incongruity of affect.
Precipitated by too much social...>more
- Diagnosis: Definite evidence of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms -indicated a diagnosis of schizophrenia, provided that there is no evidence of an organic disorder.
In the absence of Schneiderian...>more
- Differential Diagnosis: Exclude organic disorder‑
Among younger patients‑
Drug-induced psychosis‑
Amphetamine abuse.
Alcohol abuse
Temporal lobe epilepsy (complex partial...>more
- Epidemiology: Age - median age of onset‑
Males - 28 years
Females - 32 years
Sex - equally common among men and women
Social class - increased prevalence in lower social classes....>more
- Management: Physical ‑
Antipsychotic drugs ‑
Treatment of acute schizophrenia‑
Drug treatment has most effect on the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, and
least...>more
- Prognosis: The rule of quarters' ‑
25% - remit completely after a first attack of schizophrenia with no further
symptoms.
25% - show good social recovery but with some persistence of...>more
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