1. Learn all about this mental illness including its
symptoms and cure

2. INTRODUCTION
Mental illness is a state of the mind. A mental
illness is a temporary ailment of the brain that
causes mild to severe disturbances in thought
and/or behavior, resulting in an inability to cope
with life’s ordinary demands and routines.
Mental illness affects one in four adults and one
in five children.

3. TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESS
 Anxiety Disorders
 Mood Disorders
 Psychotic Disorders
 Dementias
 Eating Disorders

4. WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic brain disorder that
affects the way a person behaves, thinks, and
sees the world. People with schizophrenia often
have an altered perception of reality. They may
see or hear things that don’t exist, speak in
strange or confusing ways, believe that others
are trying to harm them, or feel like they’re being
constantly watched.

5. SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
A person suffering from Schizophrenia can
have positive and negative symptoms.
Positive symptoms are disturbances “added”
to a person’s personality while negative
symptoms are capabilities that are “lost”
from the person’s personality.

6. SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
(contd.)
Positive symptoms include delusions,
hallucinations and disordered thinking and
speech.
Negative symptoms include social
withdrawal, extreme apathy, lack of drive or
initiative and emotional unresponsiveness.

7. TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
 Paranoid schizophrenia
 Disorganized schizophrenia
 Catatonic schizophrenia
 Residual schizophrenia
 Schizoaffective disorder

8. CAUSES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
 Genetics (hereditary)
 Chemical imbalance in brain
 Immunity disorders
 Environmental factors (viral infections or
stressful events)

9. EARLY WARNING SIGNS
 Hearing or seeing something that isn’t there
 A constant feeling of being watched
 Peculiar or nonsensical way of speaking or
writing
 Strange body positioning
 Feeling indifferent to very important situations
 Deterioration of academic or work
performance
 A change in personality

10. EARLY WARNING SIGNS (contd.)
 A change in personal hygiene and appearance
 Increasing withdrawal from social situations
 Irrational, angry or fearful response to loved
ones
 Inability to sleep or concentrate
 Inappropriate or bizarre behavior
 Extreme preoccupation with religion or the
occult

11. TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
While no known cure for schizophrenia exists,
people with schizophrenia can lead productive
and fulfilling lives with the proper treatment.
Services that can help include
 Case management
 Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programs

12. TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
(contd.)
 Self-help groups
 Employment programs
 Therapy/Counseling
 Housing programs
 Crisis Services

13. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
Myth#1: Schizophrenia refers to a "split personality"
or multiple personalities.
Reality: Multiple personality disorder is a different
and much less common disorder than schizophrenia.
People with schizophrenia do not have split
personalities. Rather, they are “split off” from reality.

14. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS (contd.)
Myth#2: Schizophrenia is a rare condition.
Reality: Schizophrenia is not rare; the lifetime
risk of developing schizophrenia is widely
accepted to be around 1 in 100

15. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS (contd.)
Myth#3: People with schizophrenia are
dangerous.
Reality: Although the delusional thoughts and
hallucinations of schizophrenia sometimes lead
to violent behavior, most people with
schizophrenia are neither violent nor a danger to
others.

16. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS (contd.)
Myth#4: People with schizophrenia can’t be helped.
Reality: While long-term treatment may be required,
the outlook for schizophrenia is not hopeless. When
treated properly, many people with schizophrenia
are able to enjoy life and function within their
families and communities.

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