PSYC 441 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Frontal Lobe, Personality Disorder

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 441
• Professor: Virginia Penhum

Document Summary

Lecture 15 sz spectrum personality disorders: sz spectrum personality disorders, personality disorders, include: Seen in family members of those with sz. Thought to be a precursor to sz, especially those at risk. More functional than schizotypal but not very social: significant overlap in the diagnoses of these disorders, course, these pds are relatively stable across the lifespan: Greater impairment overall: less commonly hospitalized, prescribed anti-psychotics, slightly more common in males, genetics, sz spectrum pds (especially schizotypal): More common in the off-spring of people with sz. More often have children with sz: paranoid and schizoid pd: Less common in families of sz: sz patients with dominant paranoid features: More commonly have relatives with paranoid pd: some of the same genes associated with sz are also associated with sz-pds, environmental contributions, for schizotypal, similar environmental factors such as: Sz: brain structure, reduced volumes of temporal lobes and hippocampus common in sz-spectrum.