PSY 242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Reserpine, Chlorpromazine, Schizophrenia
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Chapter 18 biopsychology of psychiatric disorders: psychiatric disorders: disorders of psychological function sufficiently severe to require treatment, difficulties in diagnosis: some patients with same disorder display different symptoms and some patients with different disorder display the same symptoms. Le(cid:374)a"s (cid:373)other hospitalized for schizophre(cid:374)ia whe(cid:374) le(cid:374)a was 2: few friends but got good grades and enjoyed classes, diagnosed with stuporous catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia: characterized by long periods of immobility and wavy flexibility. What is schizophrenia: positive symptoms: symptoms that seem to represent an excess of normal function. Delusions (including delusions of being controlled, delusions of persecution, or delusions of grandeur) Inappropriate affect (failure to react with appropriate emotion) Incoherent speech or thought: negative symptoms: symptoms that seem to represent a reduction or loss of normal function. Affective flattening (reduction or absence of emotional expression) Catatonia (remaining motionless for long periods of time)
