Schizo and psychotic disorder definitions

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alogia

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deficiency in the amount or content of speech; a disturbance often seen in ppl with schizophrenia

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Anhedonia

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inability to experience pleasure, associated with some schizophrenic and mood disorders

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asociality

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lack of interest in or motivation for social interactions; preference for solitary activities

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associative splitting

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separation among basic functions of human personality (ie cognition, emotion, speech, perception that is seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia)

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attenuated psychosis syndrome

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disorder involving onset of psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, which put the person at high risk for schizophrenia; designated for further study by DSM-5

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Avolition

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apathy, or the inability to initiate or persist in important activities (ie hygene)

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breif psychotic disorder

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psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behaviour, but lasts less than 1m and occurs in reaction to a stressor

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catatonia

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disorder of movement involving immobility or excited agitation

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catatonic immobility

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disturbance of motor behaviors in which the person remains motionless, sometimes in an awkward position or for extended periods of time

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delusion

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psychotic symptom of thought content and presence of string beliefs that are misrepresentations or realuty

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dimentia praecox

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Latin term meaning premature loss of mind– an early label for what now causes schizophrenia, emphasising the disorder’s frequent appearance during adolescence

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delusional disoredr

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psychotic disorder featuring a persistent belief contrary to reality (delusion) but no other symptoms of schizophrenia

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disorganized speech

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Style of talking often seen in people with schizophrenia that involves incoherence and a lack of typical logic patterns.

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disorganized symptoms

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Least understood symptoms of schizophrenia that include erratic behaviours that affect speech, motor behaviour, and emotional reactions.

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double bind

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According to an obsolete, unsupported theory, the practice of transmitting conflicting messages that was thought to cause schizophrenia.

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expressed emotion (EE)

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Hostility, criticism, and overinvolvement demonstrated by some families toward a family member with a psychological disorder; this can often contribute to the person’s relapse.

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flat affect

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Apparently emotionless demeanour (including toneless speech and vacant gaze) when a reaction would be expected.

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folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder)

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Psychotic disturbance in which an individual develops a delusion similar to that of a person with whom he or she shares a close relationship. Also called shared psychotic disorder.

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hallucination

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Psychotic symptom of a perceptual disturbance in which things are seen or heard or otherwise sensed although they are not real or actually present.

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hebephrenia

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Silly and immature emotionality, a characteristic of some types of schizophrenia.

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inappropriate affect

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Emotional displays that are improper for the situation.

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negative symptoms

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Less outgoing symptoms, such as flat affect and poverty of speech, displayed by some people with schizophrenia.

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paranoia

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Person’s irrational beliefs that he or she is especially important (delusions of grandeur) or that other people are seeking to do him or her harm.

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positive symptoms

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more overt symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, are displayed by some people with schizophrenia

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prodromal stage

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period during which symptoms appear but before the development of full symptoms

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psychosis

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a term used to characterize many unusual behaviours, although in the strictest sense, usually involves delusions and hallucinations

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psychotic disorder due to another medical condition

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Condition that is characterized by hallucinations or delusions and that is the direct result of another physiological disorder, such as stroke or brain tumour.

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schizoaffective disorder

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Psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia AND major mood disorder.

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schizophrenia

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Devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and behaviour.

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schizophreniform disorder

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Psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than six months.

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schizophrenogenic

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According to an obsolete, unsupported theory, a cold, dominating, rejecting parent who was thought to cause schizophrenia in his or her offspring.

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shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux)

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Psychotic disturbance in which an individual develops a delusion similar to that of a person with whom he or she shares a close relationship. Also called shared psychotic disorder.

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substance-induced psychotic disorder

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Psychosis caused by the ingestion of medications, psychoactive drugs, or toxins.

Question 34

token economy

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Social learning behaviour modification system in which individuals earn items they can exchange for desired rewards by displaying appropriate behaviours.