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| the unability to tell the difference b/t what is real and waht is unreal. |
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| Two catergories of symptoms |
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1) Positive symptoms (Type 1 symptoms)
2) Negative symptoms (Type II symptoms) |
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| Positive symptoms (type I symptoms) |
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characterized by the presence of unusual perceptions, thoughts, or behaviors.
-symptoms represents very salient experiences. |
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| Negative symptoms (type II symptoms) |
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-represent losses or deficits in certain domains.
-involve the absence of behaviors, rather than the presence of behaviors. |
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| ideas that an individual believes are tre but are highly unlikely and often simply impossible. |
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the type of delusion most often discussed.
-people affected may believe they are being watched or tormented by people they know or by people/groups that they have never met. |
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| Examples of positive symptoms |
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-Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Disorganized thought and speech
-Disorganized or catatonic behavior |
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-persecutory delusions
-Delusions of reference
-Grandiose delusion
-Delusions of being controlled
-Delusion of guilt or sin
-Somatic delusion |
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| -delusion in which people believe that random events or comments by others are directed at them. |
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| beliefs that one is a special person or being or possesses speial powers. |
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| Delusions of though insertion |
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| belief that one's thoughts are being controlled by outside forces |
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| unreal perceptual experiences |
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the most common type of hallucination
-people hear voices accusing them of evil deeds or threatening them.
0people may talk back to the voices |
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-second most common hallucination
ex: seeing satan next to your bed |
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involves perception that something is happening to the outside of one's body.
-ex: bugs crawling on ones body |
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perception that something is happening inside your body
-ex: worms are eating your inside |
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| dosorganized thinking of people with schizophrenia |
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| the totally incoherent speech of a schizo |
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| a form of catatonia in schizophrenia inwhich the person become wildly agitated for no apparent reason and is difficult to subdue. |
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| three types of negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
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1) affective flattening
2) alogia
3) avolition |
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| the complete absence of emotional responses to the environment |
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Severe reduction or complete absence of speech
-ex: complete mutism for weeks |
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| an inability to persist at common, goal-directed activities, including those at work, school, and home. |
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| Positive symptoms are much more prominent than the negative symptoms. |
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| the negative symptoms are more prominent than the positive symptoms. |
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-Paranoid schizophrenia
-disorganized schizophrenia
-catatonic schizophrenia
-undifferentiated schizophrenia
-residual schizophrenia |
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delusions and hallucinations with themes of persecution and grandiosity
-much more organized in thought then other subtypes |
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| disorganized schizophrenia |
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incoherence in cognition, speech, and behavior and flat or inappropriate affect.
-most disabled of schizophrenia |
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| nearly total unresponsiveness to the environment, as well as motor and veral abnormalities |
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| Undifferentiated schizophrenia |
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| diagnosed when a person experiences schizophrenic symptoms but does not meet the criteria for paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic schizophrenia |
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| history of at least one episode of acute positive symptoms but currently no prominent positive symptoms |
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birth complication when oxygen deprivation occurs during labor and delivery.
-30% |
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| The six biological theories of Schizophrenia |
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1) Genetic theories
2) Structural brain abnormalities
3) Birth complications
4) Prenatal viral exposure
5) Neurotransmitter theories
6) integrated theory |
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| Disordered genes cause schizophrenia, or at least a vulnerability to schizophrenia |
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| Structural Brain abnormalities theory of schizo |
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-enlarged ventricles may indicate deterioration ofa number ofbrain areas, leading to cognitive and emotional deficits.
-Reduced volume and neuron density in the frontal cortex and the temporal and limbic areas cause widespread cognitive and emotional deficits |
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| Schizo theory: Birth complications |
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| Delivery complications, particularly those causing loss of oxygen, might damage the brain |
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| Schizo theory: Prenatal viral exposure |
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| exposure to viruses during the prenatal period might damage the brain |
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| schizo theory: Neurotransmitter theory |
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| imbalances in levels of or receptors for dopamine cause symptoms; serotonin, GABA, and glutamate may also play roles |
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| Schizo theory: Integrated theory |
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| abnormal dopamine levels in prefrontal cortex lead to deficits in working memory, which make it difficult to attend to relevant information, leading to difficulties in reasoning, communication, and problem-solving. |
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