The Psychoses

The Psychoses

Psychoses

Psychoses are serious forms of mental illness characterized by withdrawal into the private world by beliefs and percepts not experienced by other.

Psychoses maybe classified as organic and somatogenic and functional or psychogenic.

The Organic Psychoses

Organic Psychoses are those ailments caused by changes in the brains or central nervous system as senile dementia which is attributable to the deterioration of the aged.

The Four (4) Types of Organic Psychoses

1. 1.      Psychosis associated with infectious disease
2. 2.      Psychosis associated with toxins or alcohol
3. 3.      Psychosis associated with head injuries
4. 4.      Psychosis associated with old age

The Functional Psychoses

Functional Psychosis is a serious mental illness or disorder involving the total personality with no observable tissue damage.  Having organic basis, these ailments are believed to result from users of living under emotional stress.

Types of Functional Psychosis

1. 1.      Schizophrenia – also name dementia praecox by Emil Kraeplin, a German psychiatrist.  Bleuler named it as the splitting of the mind.
2. 2.      Affective Reactions of Manic depressive psychoses are characterized by period of depressions of elation or both.

The Five (5) Types of Schizophrenia

1. 1.      Simple
2. 2.      Hebephrenic
3. 3.      Catatonic
4. 4.      Paranoid
5. 5.      Schizo-affective

The usual symptoms of Schizophrenia

1. 1.      Disorganized patterns of feelings and thinking in which there is no logic, or reason in the thoughts and feelings expressed.
2. 2.      Apathy of absence of feelings and emotions.
3. 3.      Bizarre actions which may include absurd and eccentric gestures or such activities as self decorating.
4. 4.      Seclusiveness of narrowing of interests and social contacts.
5. 5.      Disorganized pattern of speech
6. 6.      Delusions and hallucinations
7. 7.      Deteriorations of conduct and personal habit.