Unit I: Schizophrenia

AP PSYCOLOGY:

Schizophrenic Disorders: about 1 in every 100 person are diagnosed with schizophrenia

Symptoms: 

1. Disorganized thinking - The thinking of a person with schizophrenia is fragmented and bizarre and distorted with false beliefs 

2. Disturbed perceptions-Delusions(false beliefs): Delusions of Persecution - ex. hallucinations- sensory experiences without sensory stimulations.  Delusions of Grandeur 

3. Inappropriate emotions and actions: laugh at inappropriate times. Flat Effect- a reduction in emotion. Senseless, conclusive acts. Catatonia-motionless Waxy Flexibility 

Positive and Negative Symptoms: 

Pos: Presence of inappropriate symptoms 

Neg: Absence of appropriate ones 

Disorganized Schizophrenia: disorganized speech it behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion. Clang associations. "Imagine the worst"-systematic, sympathetic. 

Paranoid Schizophrenia: preoccupations with delusions or hallucinations. Somebody is out to get me !!! 

Catatonic Schizophrenia: Flat effect, Waxy flexibility, parrot like repeating 

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia: many and varied symptoms 

Unit I: Mood/Personality Disorders:

AP PSYCHOLOGY:

Chapter 14-16:

Mood Disorders: 

Major Depression: unhappy for at least two weeks with no apparent cause. It is the common cold of psychological disorders. 

Dysthymic Disorder: suffering from mild depression everyday for at least two years. 

Seasonal Affective Disorder:(SAD): experience depression during the winter months. Based not on temperature, but on the amount of sunlight. 

Bipolar: formally manic depression. Involves 

periods of depression and manic episodes. Manic episodes involves feeling of high energy. 

Personality Disorders: 

-Well established, maladaptive ways of behaving that negatively affect people's ability to function. Dominates their personality. 

Antisocial Personality disorder: Lack of empathy, little regard for others feelings, view the world as hostile and look out for themselves. 

Dependent Personality disorder: rely too much on the attention and help of others. 

Histrionic Personality Disorder: Needs to be the center of attention.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder: having an un warranted sense of self importance. Thinking that you are the center of the universe.