Ch 27, 28 Flashcards
what are 5 symptoms of schizophrenia?
1) delusions
2) hallucinations
3) disorganized speech
4) disorganized or excessively agitated behaviour
5) other symptoms that cause social or occupational dysfunction
type I symptoms
positive schizophrenia symptoms
type II symptoms
negative schizophrenia symptoms
antipsychotic/neuroleptic drugs or major tranquilizers
affect psychomotor activity without hypnotic effects
cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
employs problem-focused, action-oriented, structured treatments for eliminating dysfunctional thoughts and maladaptive behaviours
sensitization model
model for bipolar disorder
1) large individual differences appear in the degree of sensitization and drug effects in laboratory animals and people
2) abuse of psychomotor stimulants such as cocaine is associated with full-blown manic episodes
3) individuals who are bipolar are at high risk for substance abuse
panic disorder
recurrent attacks of terror that arise without warning and without any apparent relation to external circumstances
what are 5 types of anxiety disorders?
1) panic disorder
2) post-traumatic stress disorder
3) generalized anxiety disorder
4) obsessive-compulsive disorder
5) phobias
anxiolytics
drugs that reduce activity
psychosurgery
the destruction of some brain region to alleviate severe and otherwise intractable psychiatric disorders or to alter behaviour
neurosurgery
brain surgery intended to repair damage to and alleviate symptoms resulting from known neurological disease
what are the two groups of distinguished motor symptoms?
1) hyperkinetic-dystonic syndrome
2) hypokinetic-rigid syndromes
what are two diseases that fall under hyperkinetic-dystonic syndrome?
1) huntington’s disease
2) tourette’s syndrome
echolalia
repeating what others have said and repeating actions (symptom of Tourette’s)
coprolalia
obscene speech (symptom of Tourette’s)
