Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders

Schizophrenia is a condition that is known to affect the way an individual thinks, behaves and feels. Symptoms that people with schizophrenia exhibit are delusions, hallucinations, catatonic behavior, disorganized speech and negative symptoms (social withdrawal, anhedonia). Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by a combination of two symptoms: psychotic, and mood. For DSM-5 criteria, schizophrenia and a mood disorder must be met. This mood disorder can be either a manic mood or a major depressive mood (Morin, 2023).

References

Morin, A. M. F. (2023). Schizophrenia & schizoaffective disorders [PowerPoint slides]. Kodiak. OTD 517 Week 9 - FL 2023 Occupational Performance: Mental Health (wne.edu)
Brown, C., Stoffel, V. C., & Munoz, J. (2019). Occupational therapy in mental health: A vision for participation (2nd ed.) F.A. Davis.

Changing Thoughts Worksheet

Audience: adults and geriatrics

Diagnosis: Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

Population/age-range: 18 and up

Instructions:

Ask the individual to write down negative thoughts that they have recently had, and then transform that thought into a more positive one.

Rationale:

Cognitive remediation, adaptation, and rehabilitation is an important part of intervention from individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
This provides these individuals with a means of explaining their thought process and slowly changing those thoughts to more positive ones.

Reference

Changing thoughts. Pinterest. Pinterest

Schizophrenia Inforgraphic

Audience: anyone wanting to learn more about the diagnosis, adults and geriatrics with the diagnosis.

Diagnosis: Schizophrenia Disorder

Rationale:

Educate people on understanding what schizophrenia is, including symptoms, statistics, how to help, and what to look for.

Reference

(2022, July 29). A reason to hope- Do the Daniel. Pinterest. Pinterest

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