Psychotic symptoms Flashcards
does having psychotic symptoms means you have a psychotic disorder?
no, they can be found in disorders such as depression w psychotic features and bipolar w psychotic features or can occur outside of disorders
what might give rise to psychotic symptoms? (5)
- drugs
- stress
- medical issues
- mood disorder
- schizophrenia spectrum disorders
the three D’s of abnormal behavior:
- dysfunction
- distress
- deviance
deviance:
beliefs that violate culture norms
postive symptoms:
refer to a distortion of normal perceptual or cognitive function
what are the positive symptoms?
delusions and halucinations
negative symptoms:
refers to an absence of normal behaviors related to motivation, interest, or expression
what are the negative symptoms?
avolition, anhedonia, alogia, diminished emotional expression
avolition:
a total lack of motivation that makes it hard to get anything done
alogia:
a decrease in speech
categories of psychotic symptoms: (4)
- positive symptoms
- negative symptoms
- disorganized thought/speech
- disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
hallucinations are defined as:
perceptions that occur in a conscious state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception
hypnagogic and is this a psychotic symptom?
hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and no
hypnopompic and is this psychotic?
hallucinations occurring when one is waking up and no
hallucinations occur in any sensory modality including: (5)
- visual
- auditory
- olfactory
- gustatory
- tactile
who was the first to define the three main criteria for a believe to be considered a delusion?
karl jaspers
what are the three main criteria and who defined it?
- certainty
- incorrigibility
- impossibility or falsity of content
karl jaspers
incorrigibility:
not changeable by compelling counterargument or proof to contrary
types of delusions: (9)
- grandiose delusion
- persecutory delusion
- religious delusion
- somatic delusion
- delusion of control
- delusion of guilt or sin
- delusion of mind being read
- delusion of reference
- erotomanic delusion
example of somatic delusions:
the person is infested by insects or parasites, that he or she is emitting a foul odor, that parts of the body are not functioning, or that certain parts of the body are misshapen and ugly
delusions of control:
other people are trying to control their thoughts and behaviors
grandiose delusions:
unfounded beliefs that one has special powers, wealth, mission, or identity
erotomanic delusion:
which an individual believes that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with him.
loose associations:
rapid shift from one topic ro a vaguely related alternative topic
derailment:
single often unimportant word in a sentence becomes the focus or topic of next sentence
word salad:
no grammatical structure to language and therefore cannot be understood
neologisms:
made-up words that only have meaning to individual who uses them
preservation:
repetition of words and statements over and over
clang:
rhyming words to construct a sentence that may be understandable or incoherent
disorganized behavior includes behaviors like:
age inappropriate silliness, inability to maintain personal hygiene, dressing inappropriately for weather, sexual self stimulation, shouting at people
2 types of catatonic behaviorL
catalepsy
negativism
catalepsy:
persons body has a kind of wavy flexibility that can be repositioned by others
negativism:
maintaining a postural rigidity and resist being moved by others
a catatonic patient may also:
imitate the movements of other people
prominent symptoms:
those that have the most impact on behavior and functioning
