psychosis Flashcards
DSM-5 main diagnostic categories for psychosis
Seperate psychotic disorders that range on severity, duration and complexity of symptoms
Schizophrenia Schizoaffective disorder Schizotypical personality disorder Delusional disorder Brief psychotic disorder
5 important DSM-5 characteristics to diagnose schizophrenia spectrum disorder
Positive symptoms % negative symptoms
Talk about the positive =symptoms and the characteristics of them
Positive symptoms: Distortion of normal functions (Hallucinations, delusions, catatonia, disorganized thinking)
Negative symptoms
Affective flattening, alogia, avolition
Define delusions
Firmly held but mistaken beliefs:
Misinterpretation of perceptions
Fixated beliefs not going to change with contradictory evidence
Not shared by other people
what percent of sufferers has delusions?
75%
5 types of delusions
Persecutory Grandiose Delusions of control Delusions of reference Nihilistic delusions Erotomanic delusions
Fact about hallucination
Its in a continuum, NOT all-or-none phenomenon
Hallucination transitioning to psychosis
Beliefs about hallcuinations, distress, coping strategies, tendency to worry
Hallucinations in other disorders
Affective disorders, PTSS, Postpartum psychosis, Delirium tremens,
Alcoholic Hallucinations, Borderline, Neurological disorders, DID
Two type of deficits for hallucinations
Reality monitoring deficit
And self monitoring defict
Types of disorganized thinkining in speech
Derailment Loose associations tangentially (answers to questions are irrelevant) Clanging Neologisms Word salades
talk about clanging
thinking driven by word sounds
talk about tangentially
answers to questions are irrelevant
what does catatonic motor behavior include
catatonic stupor
catatonic rigidity
catatonic negativism
catatonic excietement/stereotypy
