PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alkaloid, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Dementia Praecox
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Chapter 11 schizophrenia: a group of psychotic disorders characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behavior; symptoms include: Disordered thinking in which ideas aren"t logically related faulty perception and attention. Bizarre disturbances in motor activity flat or inappropriate emotions reduced tolerance for stress in interpersonal relations. Withdrawal from people/reality, often into a fantasy life of delusions and hallucinations. Positive symptoms: in schizophrenia, behavioural excesses, such as hallucinations and bizarre behavior; contrasted with negative symptoms. Delusions: beliefs contrary to reality, firmly held in spite of evidence to the contrary, common in paranoid disorders. Of control: belief that one is being manipulated by some external force, such as radar, television, or a creature from outer space. Of grandeur: belief that one is especially important or powerful person. Of persecution: belief that one is being plotted against or oppressed by others. Hallucinations: perceptions in any sensory modality without relevant and adequate external stimuli.
