Abnormal Psychology Section 3 Vikens

IU Abnormal Psychology class with Professor Vickens, Section 3

Positive Symptom

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