Symptoma

Simple Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Simplex

Presents a female patient, psychotic for more than ten years, who exhibits typical symptoms of apathy, indifference, inappropriate emotional reacion, lack of ambition and initiative, gracelessness of posture, and hallucinations. [worldcat.org]

However, there is a category of patients who present with gross deterioration in personality without ever experiencing hallucinations or delusions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Although the patient did not present positive psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delirium) in any of the times she was in our hospital, these symptoms could have been present briefly in some of the episodes of worsening she underwent. [elsevier.es]

  • Eye Movements Abnormal

    Dr Benson said: “It has been known for over a hundred years that individuals with psychotic illnesses have a variety of eye movement abnormalities but until our study, using a novel battery of tests, no one thought the abnormalities were sensitive enough [scotsman.com]

  • Flushing

    ' and 'niacin-flush-impaired' subtypes." [medscape.com]

    Normally, when people are given high doses of niacin, their skin reddens and can tingle, burn, or itch; however, many individuals with schizophrenia experience limited or no flushing to the same high dose amount. [nutraingredients.com]

  • Dermatitis

    However, the researchers suggest that individuals with psychosis and the risky NAPRT1 gene variant may not present with dermatitis. [nutraingredients.com]

  • Anhedonia

    Conclusions Negative symptoms such as blunted affect, alogia, anhedonia, avolition, and asociality can be clustered into two main clusters: blunted affect and alogia cluster and anhedonia, avolition, and asociality cluster [ 4 ]. [intechopen.com]

    Diseases ( ICD-10 ). [1] It is not included in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-5 ) or the upcoming ICD-11. [2] Simple-type schizophrenia is characterized by negative ("deficit") symptoms, such as avolition, apathy, anhedonia [en.wikipedia.org]

    Deficit) Symptoms "Negative" symptoms disrupt normal emotions and behaviors and include: Social withdrawal "Flat affect," dull or monotonous speech, and lack of facial expression Difficulty expressing emotions Lack of self-care Inability to feel pleasure (anhedonia [onhealth.com]

    In psychiatric terminology: blunted or flat affect (emotional inexpressiveness and apparent unresponsiveness); alogia (poverty of speech); asociality (apparent lack of desire for the company of others); anhedonia (apparent inability to show or feel pleasure [health.harvard.edu]

    The presence of affect-related, non-specific symptomatology, with anxiety, low frame of mind, anergia, apathy and anhedonia, together with the repeated occasions in which the patient expressed suicidal ideation, were the reason that the initial diagnoses [elsevier.es]

  • Tingling

    Normally, when people are given high doses of niacin, their skin reddens and can tingle, burn, or itch; however, many individuals with schizophrenia experience limited or no flushing to the same high dose amount. [nutraingredients.com]

Treatment. A variety of therapeutic measures may be used to help the schizophrenic patient cope with reality and the demands of everyday living. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

M. ( 2001 ) Successful treatment of simple schizophrenia with atypical neuro-leptics (clozapine, risperidol). Nervenarzt, 72, 380 – 383. [cambridge.org]

Appendix B: Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further Study. [3] Treatment [ edit ] The use of antipsychotic medication is commonly the first line of treatment; however, the effectiveness after treatment is in question. [en.wikipedia.org]

"We confirmed that the SZ group showed delayed and attenuated skin flush reactions after niacin stimulation, while the MD group exhibited delayed but not attenuated or even accentuated reactions in response to the niacin treatment. [medscape.com]

"If the patients' psychosis was due to undiagnosed pellagra, of course the niacin treatment would be effective. [nutraingredients.com]

(Newser) – When Glenn, a smart high school student with a knack for building robots, began experiencing episodes of psychosis, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and given a grim prognosis. [newser.com]

But as it does not exist as a schizophrenia type in DSM, U.S. accepts hebephrenic schizophrenia as the one with poorest prognosis. In countries where ICD-10 is accepted, simple schizophrenia is the schizophrenia with poorest prognosis. [rxpgonline.com]

What Is the Prognosis for Schizophrenia? The prognosis for people with schizophrenia can vary depending on the amount of support and treatment the patients receives. Many people with schizophrenia are able to function well and lead normal lives. [onhealth.com]

The prognosis is somewhat better than that for schizophrenia but worse than that for mood disorders. [fortherecordmag.com]

Nevertheless, this knowledge hasn’t reached yet a direct impact over treatment, course and prognosis of schizophrenia. [uv.mx]

"Our result provides extra clues for etiological research of SZ and helps to optimize clinical strategies and facilitate precise diagnosis and personalized medicine for patients with SZ." [medscape.com]

Google Scholar Leonhard, K. (1999) Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and their Differentiated Etiology, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, New York. [dl.acm.org]

M. et al ( 1994 ) An epidemiological, clinical, and family study of simple schizophrenia in county Roscommon, Ireland. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 27 – 34. Kirkpatrick, B., Ross, D. [cambridge.org]

Conclusions The review of the literature (historical articles, case reports, epidemiological and trancultural surveys, studies on reliability and validity and review articles) demonstrates the heterogeneity of the simple schizophrenia diagnosis oven the [annals-general-psychiatry.biomedcentral.com]

An epidemiologic, clinical, and family study of simple schizophrenia in County Roscommon, Ireland. Am J Psychiatry, 151 (1994), pp. 27-34 [8] B. Moini, J.L. Levenson. A forgotten diagnosis: simple schizophrenia in a patient with breast cancer. [elsevier.es]

Epidemiology Schizophrenia crosses all socioeconomic, cultural, and racial boundaries. Worldwide it affects about 0.33–0.75 percent of individuals. [britannica.com]

Epidemiology Historically, applying different diagnostic criteria for patients with negative symptoms has affected the incidence and prevalence numbers of such patients. [intechopen.com]

Because the biological basis of this disease is still a mystery, doctors have no simple test which could identify young people at risk, help to find the factors that trigger the disease or even be used to help to prevent it. [telegraph.co.uk]

The researchers believe that changes in the brain in the very early stages of schizophrenia may prevent people from identifying smells properly. "It is the only sense that passes straight to this area of the brain," said Dr Brewer. [schizophrenia.com]

There's no sure way to prevent schizophrenia, but sticking with the treatment plan can help prevent relapses or worsening of symptoms. [mayoclinic.org]

In addition, the findings may pave the way for preventive approaches. [medscape.com]

Soothing the Troubled Mind: Treatment and Prevention of Schizophrenia with Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Paradigm Publications. p. 21. ISBN 9780912111605. Mueser, Kim Tornvall (2008). Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia. Guilford Press. [en.wikipedia.org]