PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Schizoaffective Disorder, Neologism, Prodrome
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Psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behaviour. Disordered thinking in which ideas are not logically related, faulty perception and attention, flat or inappropriate affect, and bizarre disturbances in motor activity. It is so severe because of the age of onset (late adolescents); and it often effects everyone around you. Cognitive impairment is the biggest predictor of schizophrenia. Different adverse life events across cultures, social disadvantages, family differences in terms of reaction** families do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept. Coming to canada stress of moving and latitude of canada with vitamin d deficiency (many hypothesis) Ma(cid:374)y a(cid:272)ute episodes at first (cid:894)i(cid:374) neil"s (cid:272)ase it (cid:449)as (cid:272)atato(cid:374)ia, (cid:271)ut he had (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e pro(cid:272)esses left a(cid:374)d right (cid:449)i(cid:374)g so (cid:374)ot a(cid:271)le to (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:895) Prodromal > acute > residual; with medication acute episode are spaced and it fizzles out. Schizophrenia doesn"t ha(cid:448)e a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373) like other disorders. Man are likely to act on delusions (grandiose)
