PSYC 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Psychosis
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De ned by a loss of contact with reality. Includes symptoms of hallucinations (false sensory perceptions) and/or delusions (false beliefs) May be substance-induced or caused by brain injury, but most psychoses appear in the form of schizophrenia. Include number of schizophrenia-like disorders listed in dsm-5. Each distinguished by particular durations and sets of symptoms. Most prevalent of these disorders is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia: 6+ months, brief psychotic disorder: less than one month, Deterioration in social relations and ability to care for themselves must be shown. Affects approx 1/100 people in the world (about 2. 5 million currently have d/o) Appears in all socioeconomic groups, but it is found more frequently in the lower economic levels (stress of poverty vs. downward drift ) Is diagnosed equally in men and women. More commonly in people who are divorced than people who are single or married (1st divorced --> single --> married) Symptoms can be grouped into three categories.
