PSYC 357 Lecture Notes - Dementia, Neural Development, Neurodevelopmental Disorder
25 Mar 2013
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Typical onset: late teens and early twenties. Largest lump of cases 1. 5% between 30-34. Catatonic motor function impairment; i. e. frozen in poses, pointless movements. Paranoid conspiracy theory centered around you; delusions of persecutions. Disorganized flat affect, disorganized speech and behavior. Residual no longer meet criteria, but still show symptoms. Long-term consequence of an early abnormality in neural development. Major increases after certain events: women pregnant in first trimester during famine may be more likely to have a child with schizophrenia. General population: 1: sibling: 8, parent: 12% If you carry few of the genes that carry schizophrenia, you"ll need greater stress before developing schizophrenia. The longer the wait before treatment, the more severe it can get. Long standing personality traits that become maladaptive that can be seen in a broad range of situations. Cluster a: odd and eccentric; sometimes thought to be schizophrenic-like: schizoid, schizotypal, paranoid. Cluster b: dramatic and unpredictable: borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial.
