COMM 004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Suicidal Ideation, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Communication (COMM)
• Course: COMM 004
• Professor: Tom

Document Summary

Severely depressed mood, diminished interest in any activities, significant weight loss or gain, sleep disturbance, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness/guilt, difficulty concentrating, & recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation (apa, 2000) Symptoms last at least 2 weeks or even years. Negativity, hostility, complaining, poor ip problem solving. Whether it be i don"t have time for you or i"m not here to support you . Moving out of the house or away from children to another state or city. Paranoia, thinking people are malicious or trying to harm them. Speech that doesn"t make sense; start with one topic and pick up another with no transition; sentences don"t make sense; people have difficulties cognitively in what they"re trying to say. Don"t care what others think of them. Typically have smaller social networks and report that they have fewer close friends. Negative correlation between number of family members in schizophrenic patient"s social networks and their prognosis.