Psychological Disorders by Natalie San Martin https://padlet.com/nsanmartin25/4v9sanlgzfj0 en-us 2016-11-21 04:02:57 UTC 2025-10-06 00:01:22 UTC hello@padlet.com nsanmartin25 https://padlet.com/nsanmartin25/4v9sanlgzfj0/wish/138993595 # 1. How do people with schizophrenia 'deal with' emotions'? 

According to the video, the region of the brain that deal with emotion of a person who has schizophrenia, responds poorly compared to those who have a normal brain. They will say "I lost the capacity to feel related to other people in the world, or even related to the world at all. 


# 2. What are some of the *symptoms* of schizophrenia? (hint: there are positive and negative symptoms ~ what are they?)

Some negative symptoms are not being able to feel any type of emotion at all, they only see emptiness and blackness. There is also a decrease in speech production, decrease sense of purpose. 


Some positive symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech. 

# 3.  What are some 'other' symptoms of schizophrenia? (hint: hallucinations ~ there are two types ~ what are they?)

There are visual and auditory hallucinations. 


# 4. How are researchers working with psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia? Are some people doing 'better' with treatment? 

They are testing new drugs to help treat schizophrenia and also psychological treatments. Some people have progressed a little with the treatments, it varies by person. 

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