lecture 6

Question 1

psychosis

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mental state in which the individuals cognitive judgement and contact with reality are disturbed
major disturbances in thought emotion and behaviour

Question 2

disordered thinking

Answer 2

ideas not logically related , faulty perception and attention

Question 3

lack of emotional expressiveness

Answer 3

inappropriate / flat emotions

Question 4

disturbances in movement or behaviour

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disheveled appearance eg wearing jumpers in hot weather

Question 5

withdrawal from there people and from everyday reality

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significantly increased rates of suicide and death - disrupt interpersonal relationships , diminish capacity to work or live independently

Question 6

problem with maintaining

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social relationships - difficult to get along with everyone

Question 7

historical concept

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emil kraepelin classified what was previously considered to be a unitary concept of psychosis into 2 distinct forms of manic depression and dementia praecox

Question 8

manic depression

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now seen as comprising a range of mood disorders such as recurrent major depression and bipolar disorder

Question 9

dementia praecox

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nowadays known as schizophrenia

Question 10

bleaker coined the term

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schizophrenia - split mind - loosening of thoughts and feelings

Question 11

DSM criteria for schizophrenia

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two or more of the following at least 1 month of acute episode- delusions , hallucinations, disorganised speech, disorganised behaviour and negative symptoms as well as decreased functioning in work, self care or relationships

Question 12

3 major clusters of symptoms

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positive, negative or disorganised

Question 13

positive

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excess/distortion of nor al functions eg hallucinations and delusion s

Question 14

negative

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normal functioning is limited eg speech poverty and avolition

Question 15

disorganised

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disorganised behaviour and speech

Question 16

delusions

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firmly held beliefs , false contrary to reality and resistant to discomforting evidence

Question 17

types of delusions

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persecutory delusions, grandeur, thought insertion , thought broadcasting and delusion of guilt

Question 18

hallucinations

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when someone sees , hears , smells or tastes things that don’t exist outside our mind

Question 19

hallucinations are

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normally auditory - 74%. hearing voices - increased levels of activity in Brocas area - produce language

Question 20

negative symptoms example

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abolition- lack of interest, asociality , anhedonia- no feeling of pleasure , blunted affect- emotion and logia - reduction in speech

Question 21

disorganised speech

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incoherence - inability to organise ideas, loose associations- derailment- rambles difficultly sticking to one topic

Question 22

disorganised behaviour

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odd / peculiar behaviour - silliness agitation unusual dress

Question 23

movement symptoms

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catatonia state of apparent unresponsiveness to external stimuli
motor abnormalities - repetitive complex gestures

Question 24

catatonic immobility

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maintain unusual posture for long periods of time

Question 25

waxy flexibility

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limbs can be manipulated and posed by another person