HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Catatonia, Dementia, Temporal Lobe
3 Oct 2016
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Other techniques mindfulness, exercise, peer support etc. Ability to section can force patient to stay in care regardless of patients wishes many md"s cant do this. Primarily utilize psychotherapy, psychologist testing (personality tests, scales, ink blots) Mental state characterized by profound disturbances in thought psychosis is a symptom examples: schizophrenia, bd, delusional disorder. Medical model aspect implied that it is a somatic disorder: positive symptoms (acute): behavioural excesses or peculiarities, most prominent a. Disorganized speech and thinking: problems organizing ideas and communicating in a way i. that can be understood by a listener. Loose word associations: with the original intent of a statement: word salad: speech becomes so jumbled it is impossible to understand sidetracked by statements that have little to do. : thoughts are being place inside their head convinced thoughts are being removed from head. : false beliefs that are irrational despite being unsupported by external evidence b. i.
