PSYC 235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Echopraxia, Eugen Bleuler, Catatonia
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Positive symptoms: excess or distortion of normal behaviour (delusions and present for at least one month hallucinations: 50 70% of schizophrenic people display these symptoms, delusions: misinterpretations of reality. delusions of grandeur, delusions of persecution. In schizophrenic delusions, the imagined events aren"t possible: brief psychotic disorder: presence of one or more positive symptoms or disorganized speech/behaviour lasting one month or less, shared psychotic disorder: person develops delusions simply as a result of a close relationship with a delusional individual, schizotypal personality disorder: less severe characteristics of schizophrenia. Development: onset can vary among individuals (age and speed), but schizophrenia is usually seen by early childhood (though it may not become a full blown disorder until later in life, relapses are common (if you had one schizophrenic episode, you will likely have another one down the road, elders with schizophrenia more likely to have negative symptoms than positive.
