CLP 3144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dopamine Receptor, Neurotransmitter, Mania
24 Feb 2017
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Chapter 8: schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Inability to differentiate between what is real and what is unreal. Refers to five domains of symptoms that define psychotic disorders. Includes positive symptoms (4 domains) and negative symptoms (1 domain: number, severity, and duration of symptoms distinguish psychotic disorders from each other. Word salad: disorganized behavior: display unpredictable and apparently un-triggered agitation, catatonia: disorganized behavior characterized by immobility and unresponsiveness. Involve the loss of certain qualities of the person rather than behaviors or thoughts that the person expresses overtly: restricted affect, avolition: inability to initiate/persist at common, goal-directed activities. Diagnosis: dms-5: individual must show two or more symptoms of psychosis: one of which should be delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech: acute phase presence of symptoms consistently and acutely for at least one month. In addition, symptoms of the disorder must occur for at least 6 months and impair social/occupational functioning.
