CH.12 Flashcards
schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
schizophrenia
a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and behavior
associative splitting
a separation among basic functions of human personality (for example, cognition, emotion, and perception) seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia
hebephrenia
a SILLY AND IMMATURE EMOTIONALITY, A CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
paranoia
peoples irrational beliefs that they are especially important (delusions of grandeur) or that other people are seeking to do them harm
dementia praecox
the latin term meaning premature loss of mind; an early label for what is now called schizophrenia, emphasizing the disorders frequent appearance during adolescence
brief psychotic disorder
a psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior buy lasting less than 1 month
often occurs in reaction to a stressor
psychotic behavior
a severe psychological disorder category characterized by hallucinations and loss of contact with reality
positive symptoms
a more overt symptom, such as a delusion or hallucination, displayed by some people with schizophrenia
delusion
a psychotic symptom involving disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality
hallucination
a psychotic symptom of perceptual disturbance in which something is seen, heard, or otherwise sensed although it is not actually present
negative symptoms
a less outgoing symptom, such as flat affect or poverty of speech, displayed by some people with schizophrenia
avolition
an inability to initiate or persist in important activities
also known as apathy
disorganized speech
a style of talking often seen in people with schizophrenia, involving incoherence and a lack of typical logic patterns
delusional disorder
a psychotic disorder featuring a persistent belief contrary to reality (delusion) but no other symptoms of schizophrenia
prodromal stage
period of 1 to 2 years before serious symptoms of schizophrenia occur but when less severe yet unusual behaviors start to appear
expressed emotion (EE)
hostility, criticism, and over-involvement demonstrated by some families toward a family member with a psychological disorder
this can often contribute to the persons relapse
inappropriate affect
an emotional display that is improper for the situation
schizophreniform disorder
a psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than 6 months
schizoaffective disorder
a psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder
shared psychotic disorder (folie a deux)
a psychotic disturbance in which individuals develop a delusion similar to that of a person with whom they share a close relationship
psychotic disorder associated with another medical condition
condition that is characerized by hallucinations or delusions and that is the direct result of another psysiological disorder, such as stroke or brain tumor
substance-induced psychotic disorder
psychosis caused by the ingestion of medications, psychoactive drugs, or toxins
schizophrenogenic mother
according to an obsolete, unsupported theory, a cold, dominating, and rejecting parent who was thought to cause schizophrenia in her offspring
token economy
a social learning behavior modification system in which individuals earn items they can exchange for desired rewards by displaying appropriate behaviors
