Psychopathology Flashcards
Psychopathology
Definition
Approaches
Classification of psychiatric symptoms
Disorder of perception
Define perception, sensory distortion, illusions, hallucinations
Hallucination vs pseudohallucination
Contexts in which hallucinations are not regarded as pathological
Classification of hallucinations
Auditory hallucination
Types
Clinical relevance
First-rank symptoms of schizophrenia
Visual hallucinations
Types
Associated conditions
Predictors of commanding hallucinations
Somatic, olfactory and gustatory hallucinations
Types
Disorder of thought
Classification
Definition of delusion
Differentiate partial delusion, over-valued ideas and obsessions
Primary delusions
Forms
Secondary delusions
Cause
Effect
Classification of delusions
Delusion content
Types
- Persecutory
- Reference
- Grandiose
- Religious
- Sexual, amorous, erotomania, De Clerambault syndrome
- Jealousy
- Guilt
- Nihilistic
- Somatic (hypochondriacal)
- Infestation (Fkbom’s syndrome)
- Mis-identification: Capgras syndrome, Fregoli syndrome
- Control/ External control
- Thought possession: Insertion, withdrawal, broadcasting
Persecutory, Reference, Grandiose delusion
Content
Associated disease