NURS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, American Psychiatric Association, Schizophreniform Disorder
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The schizophrenia spectrum disorders include schizophrenia, schizoaffective, delusional, and schizotypal and substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder (american psychiatric association [apa], Schizophrenia is the highlighted disorder in this chapter because it has a broad range of symptoms that are found in the other schizophrenia spectrum disorders. schizophreniform disorders, disorder, brief psychotic disorder, Keyconcepts psychosis, a state in which a person experiences hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thoughts, speech, or behavior, is the key diagnostic factor in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Because schizophrenia is a disorder of thoughts, perceptions, and behavior, it is sometimes not recognized as an illness by the person experiencing the symptoms. Many people with thought disorders do not believe that they have a mental illness. Their denial of mental illness and the need for treatment poses problems for the family and clinicians. Ideally, in lucid moments, patients recognize that their thoughts are really delusions, that their perceptions are hallucinations, and that their behavior is disorganized.
