behaviour disorders Flashcards
Psychosis :
loss of reality
Schizo-phrenia
Split-brain
associations, affect, ambivalence, autism
concordance rate
the likely hood that twins will have a certain disease
3 types of Schizo-phrenia
• Simple
• Catatonic (waxy flexibility)
Paranoid
Positive symptoms Schizo-phrenia (3)
Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Disorganized, agitated speech
The Dopamine Hypothesis Schizo-phrenia
excess DA in forebrain
• Support: DA antagonists e.g. (chlorpromazine) reduce symptoms
• Agonists like l-DOPA bring out symptoms
Schizo-phrenia Negative symptoms
- Reduced affect
- Autism
- Waxy flexibility
• Disregulation Hypothesis Schizo-phrenia
The involvement of SE
– Clozapine ( Clozaril ) D2 and 5HT2 block
Schizo-phrenia 3 methods of treatment
Psychosurgery
• Psychotherapy
• Pharmacotherapy
The PCP model
– PCP blocks glutamate (NMDA) receptor
– Glutamate excites GABA
– If no GABA inhibition excess dopamine
– Glutamate’s role in cognition (
what can cause negative symptoms
brain damage
• Laborit , Charpentier , Delay found that _____ and side effects
Chlorpromazine ( Thorazine ) DA Blocker
extra pyramidal effects, tardive dyskenesia
extra pyramidal effects
emors, chorea, dystonia, akinesia, akathisia,
tardive dyskenesia
bizzarre facial and tongue movements and a stiff neck, and difficulty swallowing.
what are the newer antopsychltics (2)
benzodiazepine, Risperidone (Risperdal)