psychological disorders

Question 1

psychological disroders

Answer 1

think schizophrenia or major depressive disorder etc

Question 2

neurological disorder

Answer 2

dont have a cognitive component. weaker control of muscles, poor motor coordination. think MS or epilepsy

Question 3

brain dysfunction

Answer 3

starting from damage and going back to see what symtoms occur

Question 4

eitiology of schizophrenia

Answer 4

unclear

Question 5

what is the diathesis stress model

Answer 5

some of us have predispositions towards psychological disorders.

Question 6

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 6

hallucinations (often auditory), dillusions, disordganied thoughts speech and behaviour.

Question 7

negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 7

decrease in emotional range, lack of motivation, lack of speech.

Question 8

cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 8

working memory, executive function are affected. they can also struggle with interpersonal communication.

Question 9

mood symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 9

in many cases it has a mood disorder component with it.

Question 10

what is schizoaffective disorder

Answer 10

mix of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia

Question 11

what is the prevalence of schizophrenia

Answer 11

between 0.5 and 1.5

Question 12

what can schizo be confounded with

Answer 12

drug use (esp psychostimulant)

Question 13

what do schizophrenia drugs usually target

Answer 13

positive symptoms

Question 14

what can be seen w fMRI on schizo patient

Answer 14

loss of grey matter in brain

Question 15

what physical brain symptoms do people with schizo have

Answer 15

loss of grey matter, enlarged ventricles

Question 16

dopamine theory in schizophrenia

Answer 16

too much activity at the receptors. people with schizo who take amphetamines have a more exaggerated response

Question 17

glutamate hypofunction theory for schizo

Answer 17

people with schizo have less glutamate receptors

if a schizophrenia pateint was given bone marrow transplant, their schizo went away (some sort of immune correlation??)

Question 18

what is the minimum score for psychopathy

Answer 18

above 25

Question 19

antisocial personality disorders

Answer 19

persistent violation of the rights of others

Question 20

psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder

Answer 20

most psychopaths can be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, but not all people with antisocial personality disorder will be diagnosed with psychopathy