ANTC24H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dementia Praecox, Lightning, Spirit Possession
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Schiz. is described as: single disease entity of the body. Metaphorically speaking how is the brain being described: jump-start, switching; brain is a machine it must be acted on with the proper tools and then we can fix the machine. Bio. causation becomes quick easy answer/quick fix/one solution that can change everything. Physio. effect to mindfulness thickens insula, and new folding develops; not a lifestyle but physio. changes are created in the brain. Schz. as disease process in the brain; prog. debilitating and deter. disease - get worst and worst/chronic; genetic. Reasearch isn"t clear as to whether it is single disease or syndrome w/ sev. diseases resp. for whole range of sympt"s. Range of symptoms (positive - not about value; a/b something extra produced; negative are things lacking): delusions, halluc. : flat affect, emot . w/d, mismatch of cog. /emot. display. Laughing at things not funny, crying at things that are funny; cognitive dysfunct.
