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IU Abnormal Psychology class with Professor Vickens, Section 3
Positive Symptom
Symptoms that add on to a normal experience, such as hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia
Negative Symptom
Symptoms that take away from a normal experience such as flattened affect
Anhedonia
Inability to experience pleasure (including physical sensations)
Flattened Affect
Inability to express emotions
Onset of Schizophrenia
Ages 15-35 years
Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Disorganized, catatonic, paranoid, and undifferentiated
Avolition
Indecisiveness, ambivalence (contradictory attitudes), and lack of willpower
Alogia
Speechlessness/thought blocking (speech interruptions by thoughts) or inappropriate and meaningless flows of speech/thought
Catatonic Behavior
Obvious reactivity to external stimuli. Generally pacing, repetitive movements, awkward movements, and holding awkward positions.
Thought Broadcast
beliefs that thoughts are being broadcasted to other people
Thought insertion
beliefs that thoughts (from other people) are being placed into the patient’s head
Ideas of reference
interpretations that are "abstract" or out of touch with reality that confirms abnormal beliefs
Control by Others
beliefs that a patient is being controlled by someone else (Like a robot or puppet)
“Made” Feelings and actions
subjective feeling that an external force is controlling their mood or emotions
Inappropriate content
talking about things that don't match the situation
Research subtypes of schizophrenia
Positive-negative & Process-reactive
Positive-negative schizophrenia
Refers to the symptoms of the type of schizophrenia (Positive and negative)
Process-relative schizophrenia
Refers to the course of the schizophrenia (process=progressive & reactive=as a result of something)
Catatonic
immobile behavior
Neologism
creating new words that only apply to the person that made it
Delusions: Persecution
When patients believe they are being persecuted (overlaps with depressive disorder symptoms)
Delusions: Grandiosity
When patients develop “absurd” beliefs about themselves (overlaps with manic disorder symptoms)
Delusions: Somatic
When patients believe that something is physically wrong with their body despite no signs of illness or injury
Paranoid Schizophrenia
where the hallucinations (generally auditory) form a network causing patients to be suspicious and delusional [Trying to put things together while constantly being scared that the logic previously put together will fall apart.]
Disorganized Schizophrenia
impulsive behaviors, disorganized speech [When the patient gives up on trying to comprehend their thoughts or the world around them. Patient's words no longer have as much meaning]
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
Form of schizophrenia that shows a combination of symptoms between paranoid and disorganized
Sociogenic Theory of Schizophrenia
social conditions are the cause of schizophrenia
Social Drift/Social Selection theory of Schizophrenia
schizophrenia causes poverty (characteristics determine their environment)
Existential Crisis Theory of Schizophrenia
believes schizophrenia doesn't exist. It is for people who are seeking authenticity
Schizophreniform Disorder
has the same symptoms as schizophrenia but lasts no less than a month but no more than 6 months
Schizoaffective Disorder
patients show symptoms of both schizophrenia AND a mood disorder
Delusional Disorder
where a patient has delusions for a month
Endogenous Toxin
Toxins created from within the body
Cerebral Ventricles
central part of the brain that can’t be seen on an MRI. Contains spinal fluid and are used to filter waste and bring things to the brain.
Substance Dependance
describes substance use disorders that are of moderate severity (those with pharmalogical consequences)
Addiction
excessive use of substances that involve cravings or loss of control
Psychoactive substances
Substances that contain chemicals of which alter a person’s mood, cognition, or brain function
Withdrawal
The bodies reaction to living without the drug/substance
Use diagnosis
when a person is just using a drug
Abuse
consuming the drug more than the person can handle, and at times not for its intended use (speaking in terms of intoxication)
Intoxication
consuming the drug enough to impair function
Dependence
when a patient feels as though they cannot live without consuming or ingesting the substance
Addiction
When a substance influences a person’s cognition to the point where they are obsessing over it
Pop Psychology’s definition of addiction
anything that people do over and over that's not good for them
Traditional Moral theory of Alcohol Abuse
Those that were alcoholics had weak morality
Traditional Psychoanalytic Theory of Alcohol Abuse
Mistakes in the oral stage of development lead to alcoholism
Traditional Disease Model of Alcohol Abuse
There is a genetic component that influences whether someone is an alcoholic or not.
Traditional Sociocultural theory of alcohol abuse
Cultures where alcohol was natural had less abuse on average than cultures where alcoholism was stigmatized
Traditional Behavioral/Learning theory of alcohol abuse
People drink because there is a reward (they feel good after)
Brief Psychotic Disorder
where a person exhibits delusions, hallucinations, disorganized, speech, or catatonic behavior for more than a day but no more than a month
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