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Schizophrenia
Chapter 16 Section 4
What is Schizophrenia?
The most complex and severe
psychological disorder known.
 Affects 1 in 100 people.
(1 in 10 if it runs in the family)
 Definition: A group of disorders characterized by
confused and distorted thoughts, emotions, and
perceptions.
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What is Schizophrenia?
Characteristics:
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Delusions: false beliefs maintained in the face of
contrary evidence.
Hallucinations: perceptions in the absence of
sensation. (i.e., hear voices, see visions)
Disturbances in affect (inappropriate emotions).
Normal movement deteriorates.
Diverted attention.
Lower functioning lifestyle in general.
Types of Schizophrenia
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Paranoid Type
Types of Schizophrenia
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Catatonic Type
Odd movements or
positions held for a long
time. Body loosens slowly,
like a melting wax statue.
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Types of Schizophrenia
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Disorganized type
Incoherent language,
wrong emotions,
laughing for no reason,
disorganized motor
skills.
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Types of Schizophrenia
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Remission type
Symptoms are gone but
the disorder still exists.
 The patient has learned
to deal with the disease.
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A scene from the film
“A Beautiful Mind”
Types of Schizophrenia
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Undifferentiated type
Several basic
symptoms of
schizophrenia.
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Often affects the
homeless population.
Famous Schizophrenics
(Functional)
Lionel Aldridge,
defensive end for
the Green Bay
Packers
John Nash, genius mathematician
and Nobel Prize winner
Famous Schizophrenics
Musicians
Peter Green,
Guitarist for
Fleetwood Mac
Syd Barrett, lead guitarist and
founder of the rock band
Pink Floyd
Famous Schizophrenics
The not-so-functional:
John Hinckley Jr.,
tried to assassinate
Ronald Reagan
Ted Kaczynski, the Una-Bomber
Famous Schizophrenics
Scary moms:
Andrea Yates. Suffered
from post-partum depression.
Heard voices that told her
to drown her 5 children
In the bathtub.
Dena Schlosser. While listening to hymn music,
she cut the arms off her infant daughter,
then calmly called 911 and told them what she had done.
Famous Schizophrenics
Siblings:
The Genain Quadruplets
(identical) grew up in a
mentally unstable family.
By their 20’s, they had
all been diagnosed as
schizophrenics.
They have been widely
studied by psychologists for insight
into genetic causes.
Causes
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Biological
Biochemistry and Physiology
Family and Interactions
The Insanity Defense
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A LEGAL term in which a person is
deemed to have been “insane” during the
time they committed a crime, meaning
they did not understand reality or the
difference between right and wrong.
Mainly in cases of murder or other violent
acts.
Often these cases receive a lot of media
attention.
The insanity Defense:
Research Presentation
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Name of defendant
Crime: charges, date it occurred, names of
victims, if any
Verdict: What did the court decide?
Sentence: What was the punishment?
Where are they today?
Has this case had any effect on the legal
or psychological landscape?
Insanity as a Defense in Court
Dan White“The Twinkie Defense”
as “diminished
capacity”.
The Menendez Brothersruthlessly murdered their
wealthy parents.
Lorena Bobbitt“temporary insanity”
Insanity as a Defense in Court
Cary Stayner- The Yosemite Killer
Cary has a family
connection to
another heinous
crime: the kidnap
and rape of his brother
Steven, by Kenneth
Parnell.
Cary Stayner pled NGRI, but
was found guilty of the murder
of 3 women in Yosemite
National Park.
Infamous Cases
Prosenjit Poddar
Jared Loughner
James Holmes
Andrea Yates
John Hinckley Jr
The Menendez Brothers
Dan White
Josef Fritzl (Austria)
Cary Stayner
Mary Winkler
Ted Bundy
David Berkowitz
Ezra Pound
Andrew Goldstein
Jennifer Bigham
Anthony Sowell
John Evander Couey
Lee Malvo
Jonathan Schmitz
Lorena Bobbit