Psychology 2310A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Delusional Disorder, Reduced Affect Display, Weight Gain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: N Maiolino

Document Summary

Lecture nine/ ch 9: schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Psychotic disorder: most severely debilitating of mental disorders, most patients unable to care for themselves, begins early in life (age 16-25, longterm disability. 10% - 20% of homeless people met dx. 2x as common as alzheimer"s, 5x as common as ms. 300,000 canadians 1 of 12 hospital beds: huge health care and social costs o estimated . 85 billion annually in canada, a major worldwide health problem. 41 intoxication (while the individual is under the in uence of the drug or during withdrawal (after an individual stops using the drug) Unclear: other neurotransmitters: norepinephrine, glutamate, serotonin, and gaba. Weekly blood checks needed to look at white blood cell count. 41: only 30% relapse if positive expressed emotions occurs, social class, strong negative association between ses and risk of schizophrenia, sociogenic theory - poverty cause schizophrenia, social drift hypothesis - schizophrenia causes increase in chance of poverty.