Friday, January 30, 2015

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 

1 comment:

  1. I like how you included every single type of schizophrenia, but it would be very beneficial if you showed a bit of examples.

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