Unit 5 Psychology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders/ Schizophrenic

Neurodevelopmental

Neuro=brain developmental= child

changes in the way we think/behave

Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD

have trouble with staying focused, selected attention, struggles with a task requiring sustained mental effort, hard time staying still, quiet, etc.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

can be presented in different ways but will lie was autism, difficulty with social interaction (could be in different ways), hard time understanding social norms, hard time keeping emotions

Causes for Autism

environmental (teratogens, toxins, viruses, etc), psychological, genetics (women in 30-40’s have had a higher chance having child with autism)

Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder

acute= rapid, more intense, more treatable because we catch it fast

chronic= slower, multiple factors, slower, hard to diagnose, too late —> too much damage

Onset late teens-mid 30’s, disturbance in thinking and cognition

Dopamine

Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Delusions, outside of normal added into behavior, hallucinations

Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

missing something, ie. being blank staring out of the window, lack of emotion, chronic

Delusions of persecution

belief one will be harassed or hurt

Delusions of grandeur

when someone believes they have exceptional abilities ie. i’m god

Hallucinations

postive, auditory is more often because it correlates with thoughts, more servre the more hallucinations there are positive

Schizophrenia and Disorganized thinking of speech

random words, all over the place, no rules of syntax/grammar

Disorganized motor behavior

catatonic excitement, positive, periods of extreme restlessness, ie. rubbing arm

Flat Affect

nothing, no effect, emotions and behavior, catatonic superior

Causes of Schizophrenia

genetic, prenatal virus exposure (certain strands of the flu), age of father at conception, dopamine hypothalamus.