Monday, February 3, 2014

VI Schizophrenic Disorders

About 1 in 100 people are diagnosed with schizophrenia
symptoms include
  • disorganized thinking
  • disturbed perceptions
  • inappropriate emotions and actions
Disorganized thinking
  • bizarre and disserted with false beliefs
  • comes from a break down in selective attention cannot filter out information
Delusions
  • Delusions of perspective
  • Hallucinations- sensory experiences without sensory stimulation
Inappropriate Emotions and Actions
  • laughs at inappropriate times
  • flat effect
  • senseless, compulsive act
  • catatonia-motionless
Positive v. Negative
  • positive
    • hallucinations
    • disorganized thinking
    • diluted (salad)
    • inappropriate, laughter, tears, rage
  • Negative
    • toneless voice
    • expressionless face
    • mute, rigid body
Disorganized Schizophrenia
  • speech or behavior flat o inappropriate emotion
  • "imagine the worst"
  • clang associations
Paranoid Schizophrenia
  • preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations
  • somebody is out to get me
Catatonic Schizophrenia
  •  Flat effect
  • wax flexibility
  • parrot like repeating of another's speech and movements
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
  • many and varied symptoms   

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