PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder
21 Jan 2016
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Schizophrenia spectrum disorder and other psychotic disorders: schizotypal personality disorder, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder (mood and schizophrenia, substance/medical induced, psych disorder due to another medical condition, other specified/unspecified schizophrenia. Dsm-5 criteria for schizophrenia: look at it as a spectrum, at least 2 of the following during a 1-month period 1 must be one of the first three: Delusion believes that aren"t reflective of reality. Hallucinations things seen/felt/heard that aren"t caused by external stimulus (most common are auditory) Disorganized speech frequent derailment or incoherence (thought processes aren"t connected) Negative symptoms are diminished behaviors (allogia, avolition. Ex. elders who are put under anesthesia show these symptoms after. Some other symptoms of schizophrenia (not part of diagnostic label but often are seen with schizophrenia: disorder in form or content of thought. Loosing of associations (rambling, strange associations of sentences) Poverty of speech content (short sentences, clipped/slowed speech) Neologisms (making up new words), clanging (playing with sounds), perseveration (repeating words, like in autism)
