PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Involuntary Commitment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Tardive Dyskinesia

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 245
• Professor: lauretano

Document Summary

Grogginess, blurred vision, dry mouth, akinesia (expressionless face and monotone speech) Parkinson-like (because parkinson"s has too little dopamine) shakiness, inertia, stooped shoulders. Tardive dyskinesia- involuntary movement of the mouth, tongue, face, jaw, cheeks. (can be permanent even if meds stop) Atypicals/second-generation (what are typically given now) neuroleptics. Maybe a little better with negative & disorganized symptoms than the. Transcranial magnetic stimulation: magnetic fields, seems to reduce auditory hallucinations, at this time the effect is modest and temporary, very new, much more research is needed. Democrats like deinstitutionalization because it stops involuntary commitment and allows people the freedom to live in their community. Republicans like deinstitutionalization because it saves money. Psychosocial interventions are a necessary adjunct to medication. Paul & lentz (1977) divided severe schizophrenic inpatients into 3 groups: Medication + treated as normal, responsible human beings. Social learning & milieu better than routine. When on own in the community outside the hospital.