Chapter 7 - Schizophrenia

Question 0

Psychotic Disorders

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Disorders that involve a loss of being in touch with reality and are characterized by abnormal thinking and sensory processes.

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Schizophrenia

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A debilitating psychotic disorder in which individuals may hear voices, see images not seen by others, believe that others wish to harm or control them, and have bizarre thoughts.

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Delusions

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Beliefs without support for their occurrence and which are at odds with the individual’s current environment.

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Positive Symptoms

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Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and disorganized behavior.

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Negative Symptoms

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Lack of affect in situations that call for it, poor motivation, and social withdrawal.

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Hallucinations

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Sensory experiences that can involve any of the senses and that are at odds with the individual’s current environment.

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Avolition

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Lack of will or volition

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Alogia

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Lack of interest in talking with others or answering questions with more than a one or two-word answer.

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Anhedonia

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The inability to experience pleasure.

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Paranoid Subtype

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A type of schizophrenia characterized by delusions whose themes generally center on ideas of grandiosity or persecution.

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Disorganized Subtype

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A type of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized speech patterns and behavior.

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Catatonic Subtype

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A type of schizophrenia characterized by non-normal activity of the motor system.

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Schizotypal Traits

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Schizophrenic-like traits

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Dopamine

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A neurotransmitter in the brain

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Glutamate

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An excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain