PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Schizoaffective Disorder, Atypical Antipsychotic, Physical Dependence

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Del Rio

Document Summary

Delusions are things an individual believes that cannot be true. Type of delusion whereby people believe they are being watched or tormented by other people: paranoia or persecutory. Belief that one is special and possesses magical powers delusions of grandeur. Belief that one is being controlled by outside sources delusion of reference. Schizoaffective disorder is both schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Tendency to slip from one topic to an unrelated topic is referred to as. This side effect involves involuntary movement of face, jaw, mouth tardive dyskinesia. One particular side effect with the newer, atypical antipsychotics. Women who develop schizophrenia have a more favorable discourse of the disorder. Percentage of adults 12 and over that have used this substance at any time in their lives. False meth abuse is the biggest drug problem in the u. s. In california, this is true; the rest of the u. s. biggest problem is alcohol.