w8- psychotic disorders Flashcards
schizophrenia spectrum disorder
ppl have hard time deciphering what is real/fake, affects late to early teens, women affect later one, can have hallucinations: visual/tactile/etc, delusion, causes: genetics, drug misues, other mental health,
drugs associated wit developing psychotic disoders?
cannabis, alcohol, ketamine, LSD, PCP, ectasy
ppl w scheziphrenia have less active prefrontal cortexes, larger ventricles, and stronger activity in the right hemisphere ( t/f)
true
signs of schizophrenia….
decline in academia performance, delusions, affected speech, social withdrawl agitations
babies with lower birthweights have an increased risk by 2x to have schizophrenia?
true
diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia?
- has s/s for at least 6 months w severe affects
type 1= possitive syndrome - hallucinations, delusions, derailment, bizzarre behaviour, sudden onset, variable coursem good med response, limbic sys abrnom, normal brain ventricles
type 2- negative= emotional flattening, asociality, apathy, insidious onset, chronic course, uncertain med response, frontal lobe abnormality & enlarged ventricles
schizophrenia tx:
anitpsychotitcs, mood stabalizers, antidepressants, sedatives, EVT, therapies
schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia w a mood disorder (s/s of shizophreia w/ mania)
delusional disorder
false belife of what is real despite opposing evidence
brief psychotic disorder
sudden onset of s/s <1month ( rare but sometimes stress induced)
schizotypal pd
strange/odd behaviour, socially anxious, no delusions/hallucinations
major depressive disorder
SAD, cliical depressio, perinatal (postpartum)
dopamine is a given for
schizophrenia and psychosis, keeps types of cells in your brain from activating
