Psychopathology Test 3

Schizophrenia:

range of related disorders, psychosis (loss of contact with reality), most common disorder, similar causes and treatments to other disorders 

Schizophrenia Prevalence:

about 1 percent of the world population, slightly more common in men, age of onset men (23) and women (28), all socioeconomic groups 

Schizophrenia symptom types

positive (pathological excess), negative (pathological deficits), psychomotor (problems with movement)

Delusions

 belief with no facts, non-bizarre (possible not realistic), bizarre (completely implausible), delusions of persecution (paranoia, ex: spied on, plotted against), delusions of grandeur (self importance ex: savior, inventor)

Concerns with Perceptual System:

intensified perception and attention, can begin in advance of diagnosis, sensory flooding, hallucinations (external stimuli)

Hallucinations

can impact any perceptual system, not always pathological, hypnagogic (while falling asleep), hypnopompic (waking up), pared with delusion (very powerful)

Types of Hallucinations:

auditory (sounds and voices outside of own head, directed towards person, commands, directions, associated with perceptions), visual (colors and patterns, distinct visions of people or objects), tactile (tingling or burning), somatic (something in the body), gustatory (sense of taste), olfactory (smell and odors)

Thinking and speech:

loose association (thoughts jump with loose connection), neologisms (made up words that hold meaning to only one person), perseveration (words or statement repeated over and over), clang (speak in rhyme) 

Inappropriate affect: 

emotions not connected to situation, emotion not necessarily related to citation (may not be present, could be hallucinations)

Positive Symptoms:

 Delusions, concerns with perceptual system, hallucinations, thinking and speech, inappropriate affect