PSY 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Intellectual Disability
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A mental disorder is defined as a syndrome. Syndrome- a set of related conditions of clinically significant disturbances of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors: disturbance of thought, emotion, or behavior, dysfunction of biological or developmental processes, distress or disability in everyday life, deviant thought. Distressing behavior leads to discomfort, pain, or anguish. Comorbidity- the existence of two or more disorders at the same time. Mirror neurons: joint attention- the ability to make eye contact with others and to look in the same direction as someone else. Brain activity in general is less pronounced in people with adhd than those without it. Psychotic disorders- disorders that result primarily from disturbances of thought and perception: schizophrenia- profound disturbances in thought and emotion. Positive symptoms- hallucinations, delusional thinking, disorganized thought and speech. Hallucinations- convincing sensory experiences that occur in the absence of an external stimulus. Delusions- false beliefs that a person holds in spite of evidence to the contrary.
