Neuroscience Week 8: Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
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Psychotic Disorders description
Psychiatric disorders with core symptoms of hallucinations and/or delusions (psychosis)
Psychotic Disorders examples
- brief psychotic disorder
- Schizophreniform
- Schizophrenia
- Delusional disorder (persecutory, grandiose, erotomanic, jealous, somatic and mixes
- Schizoaffective disorder
Epidemiology of schizophrenia & psychotic disorders
Schizophrenia DSM 5
Psychotic disorders symptom grouping
Other symptoms reliably associated with schizophrenia
5 listed
Hallucinations description
Delusions description
Disorganization
The most heritable cluster of symptoms in schizophrenia
Disorganization
Disorganization cause
may literally arise from a deficit in communication between parts of the brain
Tracts disrupted in schizophrenia
Disorganization description
Disorganized thought
- disorganized concepts & disorganized speech
- impaired abstraction
Disorganized behavior
3 listed
- inappropriate affect
- posturing, catatonia mannerisms
- poor attention
Inappropriate affect description
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Avolition description and components
Restricted affect description and components
Negative symptom risks
possibly the most disabling symptom of schizophrenia
Other common symptoms of schizophrenia
Associated features of Schizophrenia
Serious comorbidities of Schizophrenia
5 listed
Natural causes of death in Schizophrenia
Outcomes of Schizophrenia
Employment rates of Schizophrenia
Risk factors of Schizophrenia
7 listed
the biggest risk factor of Schizophrenia
Genetics
Genetics of Schizophrenia
Varying levels of genetic differences are associated with increased risk of schizophrenia
Neuropathology of Schizophrenia
enlargement of what in Schizophrenia?
lateral ventricle
Volume loss of what in Schizophrenia
Decrease of what in Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia Treatment
Other treatments for Schizophrenia
Resources for Schizophrenia
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