PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 50: Catatonia, Frontal Lobe, Thalamus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Schizophrenia: a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and behaviours. Chief example of psychosis: a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions. Thinking is fragmented, bizarre and has delusions: false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur that may accompany psychotic disorders. Disorganized thoughts may result from a breakdown in selective attention. Difficulty perceiving facial emotions and reading others" state of mind. Exhibit catatonia may remain motionless for hours and then become agitated. Some appear suddenly (reaction to stress) others develop gradually. When rapid development (acute), recovery is more likely. Preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of. Disorganized speech or behaviour, or flat or inappropriate emotions. Immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement), extreme negativism, and/or parrot-like repeating of another"s speech or movements. Disease of the brain manifest in symptoms of the mind.