Week 4 Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
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Psychosis
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a split from reality/ loss of contact with reality/not being able to discern between what is real or not real or what’s internal and self generated vs external and other-generated
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True or False
Psychosis is a general blanket term; a central feature of schizophrenia and related disorder
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True
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Schizophrenia
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changes in the way a person thinks, perceives, and relates to other people and the outside environment
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3 phases and phases of schizophrenia
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- positive symptoms
- Negative symptoms
- Disorganisation
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Extreme schizophrenia can be categorised by
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speech and behaviour that appears bizarre, peculiar, utterly disorganised to others
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Signs and Symptoms of Incubation period
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no signs and symptoms
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Signs and Symptoms of Prodromal period
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- vague, general symptoms that are noticeable deterioration in functioning
- May be described to others as personality changes; peculiar, odd, bizarre
- angry outbursts, tension, restlessness, social isolation/withdrawal
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