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Psyhotic Disorders
Chapter 12
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/25/2012

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Schizophrenia
Definition
characterized by a broad spectrum of cognitive and emotional dysfunctions
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Psychotic
Definition
behavior that involves delusions and hallucinations (loss of contact w/ reality)
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Positive Symptoms (psychotic)
Definition
Excesses or distortions of normal behavior; includes delusions and hallucinations
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Negative symptoms
Definition
Deficits in normal behavior; includes speech and motivation
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Disorganized symptoms
Definition
Rambling speech, erratic behavior, inappropriate affect
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Delusion
Definition
belief that would be seen by most members of a society as a misinterpretation of reality
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Hallucinations
Definition
experiences of sensory events without input from the surrounding environment

Most common is auditory
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Avolition
Definition
not doing anything
(looks like depression)
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Alogia
Definition
Being mute
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Anhedonia
Definition
— lack of pleasure; indifference to activates that would be normally fun
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Affective flattening
Definition
lack of expressed emotions; seem unaffected by events around them
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Tagentiality
Definition
going off on a tangent instead of answering a specific question
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Catatonia
Definition
motor dysfunctions that range from wild agitation to immobility to moving in stereotyped ways
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Paranoid type (Schizophrenia)
Definition
Delusions and hallucinations with cognitive skills and affect in tact
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Disorganized type (schizophrenia)
Definition
marked disruption in speech and behavior, inappropriate affect
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Catatonic type
Definition
Unusual motor responses, odd mannerisms with bodies, faces, and speech
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Residual type
Definition
individuals who no longer manifest major symptoms, but have residual symptoms
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Schizophreniform disorder
Definition
experiencing the symptoms of schizophrenia for a few months but can usually resume fully normal lives
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Schizoaffective disorder
Definition
symptoms of schizophrenia with characteristics of mood disorders
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Delusional disorder
Definition
persistent belief that is contrary to reality in the absence of other characteristics of schizophrenia
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Shared psychotic disorder
Definition
Developed delusions simply as a result of a relationship with a delusional individual
(crazy girlfriend makes me crazy)
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Universal phenomenon
Definition
affects all racial and cultural groups (that have been examined)
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____ is responsible for making individuals vulnerable to schizophrenia.
Definition
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