Abnormal Psych Final Exam Flashcards
Name the types of Schizophrenia
Prodromal Phase Disorganized Paranoid Mixed Undifferation Residual Phase
What is the Prodromal Phase?
gradual beginning of symptoms
What is the Disorganized?
grossly disorganized behavior, prognosis is not so good
What is Paranoid ?
experiencing hallucinations or delusions
What is the Mixed Undifferation ?
combination of symptoms, get diagnosis during first breakdown
What is the Residual Phase?
eople who have recovered fro schizophrenic episodes, but still retain some of the features
What are the other psychotic disorders?
Brief Schizophreniform Schizoaffective Substance induced psychosis Delusional disorders
What is Brief?
Sudden onset of psychotic symptoms. Lasts only a few days, triggered by stress
What is Schizophreniform ?
Schizophrenia like psychosis of less than six months
What is Schizoaffective ?
Disorder that has features of schizophrenia and mood disorder, depression or bipolar
What is substance induced psychosis ?
Psychotic break due to drugs. May or may not come back from it
What are delusional disorders ?
Normal functioning except for delusions
What are the types of delusional disorders?
Erotomatic Grandiose Jealous Persecutory Somatic Mixed Type
What is Erotomatic?
Delusion that one is loved or desired by someone famous or higher status. Often turn into stalkers
What is grandiose ?
Delusion that oner is very special or special relationship wiith someone famous or God
What is jealous?
Delusion that one’s sexual partner is being unfaithful with everybody when there is no evidence. The partner is not doing so.
What is persecutory ?
Person is being plotted against, stalked, spied on
What is somatic ?
One’s body is diseased or infected with insects or parts of the body are defective
What is the mixed type ?
Combination of the other types. No single theme that predominates
What are the causal factors of Schizophrenia?
- Genes
- Neurotransmitters
- Brain structure and function
- Pre natal factors
- Mother may virus
- Prodromal pruning theory
- There is a natural brain pruning that takes place in our lives. In young adult hood. Biological spring cleaning. Can be too aggressive fro some. Can get rid of parts of brain needed to function
What are personality disorders?
inflexible or maladaptive behavior patterns that impair with personal or social functioning and or cause emotional stress. Sexual or culture bias. Cause more difficulty in other’s lives.
What is Ego Syntonic?
People with pd believe that their characteristics is a natural part of
themselves. It is a part of me.
What is Ego Dystonic?
People realize they need help. Recognize these characteristics. This is not a part of me.
Name the clusters
A,B, and C