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Ch.9 Schizophrenia
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Psychology
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11/27/2010

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Term
schizophrenia
Definition
a disorder with a range of symptoms involving disturbances in content of thought, form of thought, motivation, behavior and interpersonal functioning.
Term
Eugen Bleuler's 4 a's of schizphrenia
Definition
1. Association : thought disorder
2. Affect : disorder of the experience and expression of emotion
3. Ambivalence : inability to follow through or make decisions
4. Autism : egocentric thought and behavior
Term
Diagnostic features of schizophrenia
Definition
people with this disorder experience a disturbance that lasts at least 6 months and includes at least 1 month of active symptoms, including at least 2 of the following:
delusions
hallucinations
disorganized speech
disturbed or catatonic behavior
negative symptoms, such as flat effect or severe lack of emotion
Term
delusion
Definition
deeply entrenched false belief; thought disturbance
Term
hallucination
Definition
false perception involving one of the 5 senses
Term
alogia
Definition
loss of words or lack of spontaneity or responsiveness in conversation
Term
avolition
Definition
lack of initiative
Term
anhedonia
Definition
loss of interest in or ability to experience pleasure from activities that most people find applealing
Term
schizophrenia, catatonic
Definition
condition that is characterized by psychomotor disturbances that involves at least 2 of the following:
motor immobility
excessive purposeless motor activity
mutism
bizzare movement
echolalia(verbal repetition) or echopraxia(repetition by imitation of another's movements)
Term
schizophrenia, undifferentiated
Definition
this diagnosis is assigned to individuals who have the general symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the diagnostic criteria for paranoid, disorganized or catatonic type
Term
schizophrenia, residual
Definition
diagnosis given to people who have had at least one episode of schiziphrenia but currently lack prominent positive symptoms(i.e. delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
Term
brief psychotic disorder
Definition
for at least 1 day, but less than 1 month, experience at least one of the following symptoms before returning to normal functioning:
delusions
hallucinations
disorganized speech
grossly disturbed or catatonic behavior
The condition can be specified as
1) with marked stressors
2)without marked stressors
or 3) with postpartum onset
Term
schizophreniform disorder
Definition
people with this disorder experience an episode (at least 1 month but less than 6 months in duration) of at least 2 of the following schizophrenic symptoms
delusions
hallucinations
disorganized speech
disturbed or catatonic behavior
negative symptoms, such as flat effect or severe lack of emotion
Term
schizoaffective disorder
Definition
have experienced an uninterrupted period of disturbance, during which they have had either a major depressive episode, a manic episode, or a mixed episode concurrent with at least 2 of the following schizophrenic symptoms:
delusions
hallucinations
disorganized speech
disturbed or catatonic behavior
negative symptoms, such as flat effect or severe lack of emotion

during the period of disturbance, the person has experienced delusions or hallucinations for at least 2 weeks in the absence of mood symptoms
Term
delusional disorder
Definition
people with this disorder have nonbizzare delusions lasting at least 1 month
they have never had schizophrenic symptoms, other than possible tactile or olfactory hallucinations related to the delusional theme
for the most part, their functioning is not impaired; nor is their behavior bizzare
types include: grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic, mixed and unspecified
Term
shared psychotic disorder
Definition
case in which a person develops a delusion similar to an already established delusion held by a person with whom he or she shares a close relationship
Term
neuroleptics
Definition
antipsychotic major tranquilizers
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