Description

Schizophernia, a disorder, at some point in the illness, involves a psychotic phase (with delusions, hallucinations, or grossly bizarre/disorganized speech and behavior).  Schizophrenia also causes impairment in social or vocational functioning.Individuals with this disorder may develop significant loss of interest or pleasure. Likewise, some may develop mood abnormalities (e.g., inappropriate smiling, laughing, or silly facial expressions; depression, anxiety or anger). Often there is day-night reversal (i.e., staying up late at night and then sleeping late into the day). The individual may show a lack of interest in eating or may refuse food as a consequence of delusional beliefs. Often movement is abnormal (e.g., pacing, rocking, or apathetic immobility). Frequently there are significant cognitive impairments (e.g., poor concentratiion, poor memory, and impaired problem-solving ability). The majority of individuals with Schizophrenia are unaware that they have a psychotic illness.In the present video,  Dr Andy Campbell, Psychiatrist with Jonathan Champ explores the above disorder with live examples of Peter Schaecken, Shauna Winram, Abigail Masson-cox and Simon Champ.Produced by – Jannet Linnell, Christine Mason and Chrostopher Thomas