PSY 0515 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Broad definitions: loss of reality testing, loss of ability to meet ordinary demands of life, loss of ego boundaries. Narrow definitions: hallucinations without insight, delusions. Delusions: fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicted evidence. Persecutory: belief that one is going to be harmed or harassed. Referential: belief that certain gestures are directed at oneself. Erotomaniac: someone else is in love with you. Hallucinations: perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus. Derailment or loose associations: switching from topics. Catatonic behavior (marked decrease in reactivity to the environment) Asociality: lack of interest in social interactions. Onset women mid 20s to early 30s. Hypomanic episode: 4 days, distinct period of abnormally elevated, expansive, irritable mood (goal-directed activity or energy, 3 or more symptoms, not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning or needing hospitalization. Major depressive episode: 5 or more symptoms, 2 weeks, depressed mood, diminished pleasure.
