wk 6 - schizophrenia & friends

ch 15

psychosis and factors (3)

disorganized personality

• deterioration in social functioning

• loss of contact

• distortion of reality

unspecified psychosis

“starter” for schizophrenia

ex: admit to unit

main dx is they dont know what mental state they’re in

3 types of psychosis

• substance induced psychosis

• schizoaffective disorder

• schizophrenia

schizoaffective disorder, what u need to have it

schizophrenia traits with mood disorders (bpd/mdd)

• must occur for at least two weeks in the absence of a major mood episode

can’t just be mood, must also have psychotic TRAITS

schizophrenia

• two or more POSITIVE or NEGATIVE sx must be present

• sx negatively affect ADLs and relationships

• sx are continuous and persist for at leats 6 months

schizophrenia is high risk for what

suicide

• it’s debilitating

• may be d/t hallucinations

positive symptoms

“extra” thins we don’t see in a normal perosn

• change in behavior/thoughts

ex: having hallucinations or delusions

negative symptoms

“lack of” normal behaviors

ex: ppl are withdrawn

symptoms that typically have an A in the beginning “ahedonia”

positive symptoms — abnormal motor behavior (2)

• catatonia

• waxy flexibility

catatonia

bizarre posture or decreased responsiveness to things around them

waxy flexibility

body parts are placed in bizarre or uncomfortable positions

disney knees