psych disorder Flashcards
Biomedical approach
Treats disorders considering only biological factors, not social or lifestyles
Schizophrenia
must show continuous signs for six months of disorganized speech
What is delusions and their types?
False belief contrary to reality
Delusion of reference
Delusion of persecution
Delusion of grandeur
Broadcasting
Thought insertion
Neurologism
words invented by schritzophrenic person
Disorganized thought
Unable to follow the train of thought
Echolalia
Repeating another person’s words
Echopraxia
imitating other actions
catatonia
Motor behaviors of the people of schizophrenia
blunting
reduction in the intensity of emotional expression
flat effect
No signs of emotional expression
avolition
Decreased engagement in purposeful goal-directed actions
3 phases of schizophrenia
- Predromal phase: withdrawl
- Active: loss of contact from reality (hallucinations)
- Residual: person looks ok, but going back in cycle
Major depressive episode
2 weeks with depressed mood, anhedonia,appetite disturbance, sleep, weigth changes, dec energy, worthlessness, difficulty concentration, psychomotor symptoms
anhedonia
Loss of interest in all former enjoyable activities
Persistent depressive disorder
dysthymia
Chronic depression that lasts two years with less depressive symptoms