Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
five key features of psychotic disorders
delusions hallucinations disorganized thinking/speech grossly disorganized behavior negative symptoms
delusion
a fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
six types of delusions
persecutory referential grandiose erotomanic nihilistic somatic
hallucination
perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus
disorganized thinking is inferred from …
speech
3 types of disorganized speech:
loose associations
tangentiality
incoherence (word salad)
4 types of catatonic behavior
negativism
mutism
stupor
catatonic excitement
5 prominent types of negative symptoms
diminished emotional expression avolition alogia anhedonia asociality
the 8 schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
schizotypal personality disorder delusional disorder brief psychotic disorder schizophreniform disorder schizophrenia schizoaffective disorder substance/medication induced psychotic disorder other/unspecified
catatonia is not …
a diagnosis
criteria for catatonia
3 or more of the following:
1: stupor
2: catalepsy
3: waxy flexibility
4: mutism
5: negativism
6: posturing
7: mannerism
8: stereotypy
9: agitation
10: grimacing
11: echolalia
12: echopraxia
criteria for catatonia specifier
3 or more of the following:
1: stupor
2: catalepsy
3: waxy flexibility
4: mutism
5: negativism
6: posturing
7: mannerism
8: stereotypy
9: agitation
10: grimacing
11: echolalia
12: echopraxia
three stages of schizophrenia
prodromal
active phase
residual
prodromal phase
phase before the active phase of psychoses in which symptoms are present but do not meet full criteria for delusions or hallucinations
active phase
phase of psychosis that meet schizophrenia criterion A
