Ch. 14 - Schizophrenia Flashcards
Psychosis
a state where a person loses contact with reality
~ hallucinations
~ delusions
Hallucination
false sensory perceptions
delusions
false beliefs
Schizophrenia
psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities
~ base rate is 1%
Schizo can cause..
sig emotional and financial costs
~ suicide (25%)
~ lower SES groups
Downward Drift Theory
disorder causes victims from higher social levels to fall to lower social levels and remain at lower levels
At least one schizo symptoms must be..
hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech for about 1 month
symptoms, triggers, and course of schizo ______ greatly and can have _______ or _______ symptoms
vary; positive or negative
Positive Symptoms
- Bizarre: additions to a person’s behavior
- Delusions: faulty interpretations of reality
- Disorganized thinking/speech: loose associations (derailment), neologisms (made-up words), perseveration (repetition), clang (rhyme)
- inappropriate affect: situationally unsuitable
- Heightened Perceptions/hallucinations: auditory = most common form
Negative Symptoms
~ pathological deficits that are lacking
~ poverty of speech (alogia)
~ restricted affect (avoidance of eye contact, less emotion, expressionless, anhedonia (lack of pleasure & enjoyment)
~ loss of emotion
Catatonia
extreme forms of psychomotor symptoms including stupor, rigidity, posturing, and excitement
Course of Schizo
~ first appears between late teens and mid-30s
~ experience 3 phases
Three phases of schizo onset
- prodromal (beginning of deterioration; mild symptoms)
- Active (apparent symptoms)
- Residual (return to prodromal like levels)
A fuller recovery is more likely in people…
~ with good brain functioning
~ disorder triggered by stress
~ abrupt onset, later onset
~ early treatment
Schizo spectrum disorder
schizo-like disorders in DSM 5
