psychiatric disorders

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Etiology

The cause or origin of a disorder

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Affect

emotional experience or feelings

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition Text Revision

DSM-V TR

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Psychiatric Disorders

  • Disorders of Psychological function that require (clinical) treatment

  • Diagnosis is guided by the DSM-V TR of the American Psychological Association

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Psychological Disorders

treated by therapy

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Comorbid Disorder

  • Simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a patient

  • Often co-occurring with a primary condition

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schizophrenia

  • the breakdown of integration of emotion, thought and action 

Symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, odd behavior, incoherent thought, inappropriate affect

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antipsychotic drugs

drugs are not effective for 2- 3 weeks, and Parkinson-like motor effects are seen

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Dopamine Theory of Schizophrenia

  • 1960 - established the link between dopamine and Parkinson's disease 

  • Antipsychotic drug side effects suggest a role for dopamine

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AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

  • Psychiatric disorders characterized by disturbances of mood or emotion

  • Also known as mood disorders to include depression and mania