PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Persecutory Delusion, Schizophrenia, Disconnection

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 101
• Professor: racheldelacy

Document Summary

Involves alterations in thoughts, feelings and behaviors: disconnection from reality referred to as psychosis, 0. 3-0. 7% lifetime prevalence; men and women relatively equal. Two or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized behavior, negative symptoms. Significant impact on functioning (work, interpersonal, self-care) Ruled out other disorders and drug use. Positive symptoms: excesses in functioning: delusions, hallucinations and disorganized speech thought or behavior. Negative symptoms: deficits in functioning: lack of emotions or motivations. Believing something is not true despite evidence proving otherwise. Cat thinks it is a lion: persecutory delusions are most harmful. Think everything is about you: grandeur. Think they have powers, think highly of themselves: identity. Think they are jesus or the president of the us: guilt. They you committed a sin: control. Hallucinations: false sensory perceptions, auditory, visual, olfactory and tactile. Disorganized behavior: might walk along muttering to himself, alternate between anger and laughter.