Chapter 13 Flashcards
Who was Emil Kraeplin?
An early figure in schizo diagnosis
i. Combined several symptoms of insanity that had previously been viewed as separate disorders
ii. Distinguised dementia praecox from bipolar disorders
iii. Focused on early onset and poor outcomes
Who was Eugen Bleuler?
i. Introduced the term schizophrenia
ii. Believed that the disorder was an associative splitting of the basic parts of personality
iii. Focused on the underlying problem
Define psychotic
a. Involves delusions and hallucinations
b. Schizo involves psychotic behaviour
What are Positive symptoms?
More obvious sign of psychosis
- delusions
- Hallucinations
Define cotards syndrome
a. Belief that a body part has changed in some impossible way
Define Capgras syndrome
a. Belief that someone you know has been replaced by a double
what is potential cause of delusion?
a. Smaller N400 brain waves
What are five negative symptoms
- Avolition
- Alogia
- Anhedonia
- Asociality
- Affective flattening
Define avolition
- Inability to initiate or persist in activities
2. Associated with the poorest outcomes
Define associality
- Lack of interest in social interactions
2. Can result in limited/ worsened opportunities to interact
Define affective flattening
- Emotionless demeanor when reaction should be expected
2. Difficulty expressing emotion, not the lack of feeling
What are disorganized symptoms
Erratic behaviours like:
i. Disorganized speech
ii. Inappropriate affect
iii. Catatonia
Define catatonia
a. Unusual posture is held frozen
b. Waxy flexibility
i. Tendency to keep limbs in position that someone else puts them in
What were the three historic schizophrenia subtypes?
a. Paranoid
b. Disorganized
c. Catatonic
Define Schizophreniform disorder
i. People experience schizophrenic symptoms, but only for a couple months`
