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11_18_20_Schizophrenia_Assignment.docx Schizophrenia Grand Canyon University: CNL-523 A Brief Summary of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental health illness that alters a persons thoughts, fe... elings/emotions, and behaviors. The word schizophrenia translates to “split mind†(Piotrowski&Tischauser, 2020). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) characterizes schizophrenia by symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms such as diminished emotional expression or avolition (APA, 2013). The most recent version of the DSM is the DSM-5 which now requires an individual to exhibit at least two of the above symptoms with symptoms being present for six months and having active symptoms for a minimum period of one month (Tandon et al., 2013). Some of the positive symptoms with schizophrenia include “a break with reality, altered perceptions, hallucinations, delusions, or evidence of thought disorder or movement disorder†while some of the negative symptoms include “withdrawal from society, the inability to show emotion or to feel pleasure or pain, total apathy, and lack of facial expression or differentiated voice tones†(Piotrowski&Tischauser, 2020). According to Piotrowski&Tischauser (2020), the National Institute of Mental Health states the prevalence of schizophrenia is low, as it “occurs in less than 1 percent of the general population, but it occurs in roughly 10 percent of individuals with a fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]
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