What are the symptoms, types, and causes of schizophrenic disorders? Summary and Formative Assessment Module 32 Thinking About Dissociative, Schizophrenic, and Personality Disorders
● Schizophrenic disorders include symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, and inappropriate emotions or behaviors.
● The main types of schizophrenia are paranoid schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, and undifferentiated schizophrenia.
● The risk of schizophrenia increases substantially if biological relatives have the disorder, indicating a genetic predisposition for the development of schizophrenia. Brain structure, brain function, and maternal viral infection during pregnancy may also contribute to schizophrenia.
● The psychological factors of stress and disturbed family communication patterns may be triggers for the underlying biological factors that cause a person to manifest schizophrenic symptoms.
