Mental Illness Flashcards
Bleuler
Introduced Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Symptoms
Auditory Hallucinations
Highly Personalized Delusions
Changes in Emotion
Positive Symptoms
A behavior that has been gained (i.e Hallucinations, Delusions, Excited Motor Behavior)
Negative Symptoms
Behavior functions that have been lost (i.e Slow thought and speech, emotional and social withdrawal)
Concordant
Referring to any trait that is seen in both twins
Endophenotype
Behavioral or physical characteristics accompanying susceptibility to a particular disorder
Patients with more-enlarged ventricles tend to show…
Poorer response to antipsychotic drugs
Kovelman and Scheibel
Noted changes in the hippocampus pyramidal cells of people with Schizo appear disorganized
Hypofrontality Hypothesis
People with schizo may reflect under activation of the frontal lobes
Neuroleptics
Treat symptoms of Schizo
Block dopamine receptors
Dopamine Hypothesis
People with schizo suffer from an excess of either dopamine release or dopamine receptors
The Glutamate Hypothesis
Schizo may be caused by under-stimulation of glutamate receptors
GABA Hypothesis
People with disportionate GABA levels are more likely to develop schizo
