PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Family Therapy, Tardive Dyskinesia, Prodrome

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH257
• Professor: David Moscovitch

Document Summary

There is a mystery and intrigue of schizophrenia. What is schizophrenia (scz): a type of psychosis with disturbed thought, language, & behavior, scz is a heterogeneous disorder with diverse symptoms. Dsm-5 diagnosis of scz: during a one-month period, two or more of. Negative symptoms: social/occupational dysfunction, continuous disturbance for at least 6 months. The (cid:862)positi(cid:448)e(cid:863) (cid:455)(cid:373)pto(cid:373) cluster: active manifestations of abnormal behavior. False/impossible beliefs that represent gross misrepresentations of reality, but are held with strong conviction: hallucinations. E(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of se(cid:374)sor(cid:455) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts o(cid:272)(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g (cid:862)out i(cid:374) the (cid:449)orld(cid:863) (cid:449)ithout environmental input. Negative symptoms: absence or insufficiency of normal behavior. Spectrum of negative symptoms: avolition/apathy the inability to initiate and persist in activities, alogia poverty of speech. David moscovilch dmosco@uwaterloo. ca: anhedonia lack of pleasure or indifference, affective flattening lack of emotional expression, asociality deficits in social skills; social withdrawal. Disorganized symptoms: severe & excessive disruptions in speech, behavior, emotion. Includes rambling speech, erratic behavior, and inappropriate affect.