PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Muscle Tone, Waxy Flexibility, Dsm-5
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Alogia: a negative symptom in schizophrenia, marked by poverty of speech and of speech content. Anhedonia: a negative symptom in schizophrenia in which the individual is unable to feel pleasure. Asociality: a negative symptom of schizophrenia marked by an inability to form close relationships and to feel intimacy. Atypical antipsychotics: a class of drugs (neuroleptics) used to treat schizophrenia and other disorders that were developed to eliminate side effects, including problems with motor control. Avolition: a negative symptom in schizophrenia in which the individual lacks interest and drive. Catatonic immobility: a fixity of posture, sometimes grotesque, maintained for long periods, with accompanying muscular rigidity, trancelike state of consciousness, and waxy flexibility. Catatonic schizophrenia: a subtype of schizophrenia whose primary symptoms alternate between stuporous immobility and excited agitation. Cognitive enhancement therapy (cet): a treatment for schizophrenia that involves competence-based training in cognitive capacities and skills (attention, memory, and problem solving) and social-cognitive skills (conversing with someone)
