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Psych Disorders
psychotic disorders
21
Medical
Graduate
02/15/2011

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Term
schizophrenia symptoms
Definition
hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, avocation, anergia, sociality, alogia, agitation
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schizophrenia etiology
Definition
high dopamine in mesolimbic and low dopamine in mesocortical
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schizophrenia epidemiology
Definition
1%; early 20s in men; late 20s in women
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schizophrenia promorbid symptoms
Definition
poor social skills, social withdrawal, unusual thinking
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schizophrenia suicide rate
Definition
1/3 attempt and 10% succeed
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schizophrenia subtypes
Definition
paranoid (not flat affect), catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, residual
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four dopamine pathways in brain
Definition
mesolimbic, mesocortical, nigrostriatal, tuberoinfundibular
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mesolimbic pathway
Definition
high dopamine leads to positive symptoms
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mesocortical pathway
Definition
low dopamine leads to negative symptoms
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nigrostriatal pathway
Definition
low dopamine leads to EPS
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tuberoinfundibular
Definition
low dopamine leads to high prolactin
Term
schizophreniform diagnosis
Definition
same as schizophrenia but for between 1 and 6 months (does not necessarily involve social withdrawal)
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schizoaffective disorder diagnosis
Definition
same as schizophrenia but accompanied by a mood disturbance (note: there must be at least 2 weeks of psychotic symptoms WITHOUT mood disturbance)
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schizoaffective disorder subtypes
Definition
depressed, bipolar
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schizoaffective disorder prognosis
Definition
better than schizophrenia but worse than mood disorders
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schizoaffective disorder relapse
Definition
better than mood disorders but worse than schizophrenia
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brief psychotic disorder diagnosis
Definition
psychosis for between 1 day and 1 month
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brief psychotic disorder subtypes
Definition
with marked stressors, without marked stressors, postpartum
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delusional disorder diagnosis
Definition
non-bizarre delusions for at least 1 month without impaired functioning
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delusional disorder subtypes
Definition
erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic, mixed, unspecified
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shared psychotic disorder diagnosis
Definition
delusion in an individual in the context of a close relationship with another person with the same delusion
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