schizophrenia Flashcards
narrowest definition of psychosis
Taoist definition of psychosis is restricted to the positive symptoms delusions and hallucinations
broader defintion
includes narrow and also 2 positive such as disroganised speech and catotonic behaviour
general everyday statement definition for psychosis
the person’s mental capacity, their ability to communicate, their ability to relate to others and their state of reality is impaired
examples of psychotic disorders
schizophrenia schizoaffective disorder delusional disorder brief psychotic disorder substance induced psychotic disorder psychotic disorder due to a somatic disease
which are the disorders which psychosis symptoms may be there but its not absolutely necessary for the diagnosis
mania
depression
delirium
dementia
what are positive symptooms
exaggerated or distorted normal function
criteria for schizo
need to have had at least 1 month long psychotic episode exhibiting positive symptoms
list positive symptoms
hallucinations
delusions
disorganized speech
catatonic behaviour or disorganised behaviour)
what is tehs equence of events in schizo
prodromal symptoms , the psychotic episode , residual symptoms = all together at least 6 months
def delusion which is most common
exaggerated inferential thinking
percuscutory
what type of delusions are associated with schizophrneia
bizarre delusions
def hallcuination
exaggerated/distored perception. occurs in any sensory modality
which type of hallucinations are more common in schizo
auditory
tangeniality definiton
if asked a question, your response has no relevance to the question. may be so focused on their own internal dialogue that they are unable to focus on conversation or questions
People who are victims of trauma may go on tangents either to avoid discussing the trauma or because they are so overwhelmed that they are unable to think clearly.
rain of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation.[1] It tends to occur in situations where a person is experiencing high anxiety, as a manifestation of the psychosis known as schizophrenia,
attentuated postive symptoms
we typically see b4 and after the episode, they are mild., subthreshold such as mumbling to ones selg, vague speech, odd beliefs
whats harder to treat + or - symptoms
negative more resistant to treatment and largely determines if the person is able to live independently, prognis, hospitalization ect
what symptoms does schizo consist of
+, -, congitve symptoms, affective symptoms , aggresive symptoms
rf for schizo
greater paternal age
pregnancy complications- diabtes,, hypoxia, stress malnutrition
enlargement of brain ventricles, smaller brain, reduced prefrontal and frontal cortices
neurodegenrative proecess- as it gets worse over time
gender differences of schizophrenia
males have earlier onset, and prognosis tends to be poor with more nagtive symtoms and cognitve sumptoms. women have more superior social functioninh
Negative symptoms
Alogia
Avolition
Anhedonia
Asociality
