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Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Other Medical/Neurological Conditions:

Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Other Medical/Neurological Conditions:. Implications for Occupational Therapy Treatment.

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Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Other Medical/Neurological Conditions:

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  1. Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Other Medical/Neurological Conditions: Implications for Occupational Therapy Treatment

  2. Does a co-morbidity of schizophrenia impact the manner, methods, and/or approaches used by occupational therapists in the treatment of individuals with other medical/neurological conditions?

  3. Schizophrenia occurs in approximately 1% of the population of the United States.Thus, 1% of the occurrences of any other condition could involve a person with the symptoms of schizophrenia. Source: NIMH, 2002

  4. Some Common Conditions Which Occur at Equal or Higher Rates for those with schizophrenia than in the General Population

  5.  Aging Stroke Diabetes Obesity Multiple Sclerosis

  6.  Sexually Transmitted DiseasesPregnancy Substance Abuse Traumatic Injuries Parkinson-like symptoms/TD Domestic Violence

  7. Impacts of Concomitant Schizophrenia

  8. Learning Difficulties Attention Deficits and Distractibility Thought Derailment Attention Capture

  9. Memory Difficulties Information Retrieval Memory Transference

  10. Other Cognitive Difficulties Problem Solving Analysis, Application, Abstraction Accuracy and Quality Assurance Decreased Verbal Skills Relevant vs. Irrelevant Stimuli

  11. Motor Difficulties Reduced Co-ordination Reduced Flexibility Reduced Muscle Tone Psychomotor Poverty

  12. Other Impacts Sedation / Hyperactivity Motivation Self-Esteem Body Image Anhedonia Vision

  13. What adaptations need to be made when treating an individual with schizophrenia who has another medical condition?

  14. Remember the PEO • Therapeutic Relationship • Shorter Treatment Sessions • Reduced Background Stimuli • Incremental Learning • Make Sure of “Common” Vocabulary

  15. Increased Repetitions • Visual Presentations / Demonstrations • Cue Cards • Written Instructions • Practicing of Actual Skills In-situ • Reinforcements

  16. Concluding Statementsand Questions

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