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November 23, 2015
1 Piotrowski, Nancy A., Ph.D., Tischauser Leslie V., Ph.D., Schizophrenia. Magills Medical
Guide (Online Edition), January 2015. 20 November 2015.
Johnson 2
2 Piotrowski, Nancy A., Ph.D., Tischauser Leslie V., Ph.D., Schizophrenia. Magills Medical
Guide (Online Edition), January 2015. 20 November 2015.
Johnson 3
The more developed symptoms that come later in life are categorized into two groups, positive
and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms are more readily observed and include
hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder. These, often referred to as psychotic
symptoms, seem to cause the most distress to the actual patient because of the difficulty of not
being able to control ones own thoughts. This is especially difficult for veterans that also
experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Negative symptoms, which are less readily observed, tend to be the causes that make it
hard for family and loved ones to cope with the illness because of the reduction of emotional
responsiveness, motivation, socialization, speech, and movement.5 The more common
symptoms include: the inability to show emotion, total apathy, and lack of facial expressions.6
While it is still difficult to cope with these horrible symptoms, there is still hope.
While Schizophrenia is not curable at the moment, and often chronic there are still many
treatments that help to regulate and counter the variety of positive and negative symptoms.
Psychotherapy and medications are the primary ways that doctors and caregivers use today to
help Schizophrenic patients under their care.
Schizophrenia can be very destructive and make life very challenging but as Larry
Culliford says, It would be a serious mistake to give in to despair in consequence. Even though
it is a difficult illness to work with, Schizophrenia treatment research continues vigorously today
and development of new treatments and medications are just around the corner.
5 Dawn I. Velligan, Larry D. Alphs. Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: An Update on
Identification and Treatment. Psychiatric Times,2014. 20 November 2015.
6 Piotrowski, Nancy A., Ph.D., Tischauser Leslie V., Ph.D., Schizophrenia. Magills Medical
Guide (Online Edition), January 2015. 20 November 2015.
Johnson 4
Bibliography
Culliford, Larry. What is Schizophrenia?. Psychology Today, April 2013. Web. 20 November
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Dawn I. Velligan, Larry D. Alphs. Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: An Update on
Identification and Treatment. Psychiatric Times,2014. 20 November 2015.
Piotrowski, Nancy A., Ph.D., Tischauser Leslie V., Ph.D., Schizophrenia. Magills Medical Guide
(Online Edition), January 2015. 20 November 2015.
Psychology Today. Schizophrenia. Psychology Today, February 2015. Web. 20 November 2015.