The term schizophrenia was introduced by Bleuler in 1911, who considered it more appropriate to emphasize the splitting that occurs in the association of ideas, emotions and contact with reality and social life”

It is clear that the predominant symptom in these chronic patients is impaired social performance. Therefore, psychosocial care of schizophrenic patients is of fundamental importance, since most of them have to learn or relearn social and personal skills in order to survive in the community. Neuroleptics cannot teach the patient to develop vital and defensive resources nor can they improve a person's quality of life, except indirectly through their effect on cognitive disorganization and suppression of positive symptoms. In general, the psychosocial intervention of schizophrenics is aimed primarily at informing and educating the patient about the symptoms, course, prognosis and treatment of their illness, as well as the need for compliance and management of medication and identification of early signs of relapse.

There is still a huge gap between our knowledge of certain mental illnesses and our knowledge of personality disorders. That is so, in part, because these appear to be quantitative rather than qualitative variants of the person. However, some personality disorders classically considered to be character-dependent (e.g., depressive, anxious, etc.) have actually been shown to be subsyndromal forms of specific diseases. Most patients tend to show behaviors (and problems) suggestive of a personality disorder, which may make the clinician forget syndromes unrelated to personality.

A thorough and systematic mental status examination is essential in the assessment of patients presenting a psychotic disorder or personality disorder. On the other hand, bipolar disorder is another syndrome that has a characteristic impact at the family level. Moreover, as it is an episodic disease that often returns after the acute episode to previous levels of normal functioning, the immediate consequence is that the individual between episodes tends to work, marry and have children in spite of his/her disease, because given the absence of symptoms, he/she is in a position to do so. Therefore, it is likely that the patient is often a spouse and/or parent in their family, rather than a single adult as is often the case in schizophrenia. Thus, the effects of the episode will be very relevant for the family, both psychologically and materially (loss of job and economic security). 

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General Objectives

• Identify the evolution of the different disorders listed in the DSM-5 or ICD-10
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• Describe with decision protocols the individualized study of family members to perform a rigorous psychopathological study
• Use decision trees to make a permanent differential diagnosis
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Specific Objectives

• Manage the clinical practice stage of the patient, as well as to provide the necessary skills to work multidisciplinary
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• Master the course within a framework of intervention in psychotic disorders and personality disorders
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• Addressing the clinical use of the drug
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• Employ knowledge about the side effects of drugs so that they do not disable psychotherapy intervention with psychotic disorders
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• Identify and use information from social and family agents

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