NURS 487 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Delusional Disorder
16 Oct 2017
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Chapter 16 - schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (pp. Delusions: alterations in thought content (what a person thinks about). Fixed false beleifs that cannot be corrected by reasoning or evidence to contrary. Hallucinations: perception of a sensory experience for which no external stimulus exists (e. g. hearing a voice when no one else is speaking) Disorganized thinking: the loosening of associations, manifested as jumbled and illogical speech and impaired reasoning. Abnormal motor behaviour: alterations in behaviour including bizarre and agitated behaviours (stilted, rigid, demeanour or eccentric dress, grooming and rituals) Negative symptoms: the absence of something that should be present but is not (e. g. the ability to make decisions or be able to follow through with a plan) Schizophreniform disorder- like schizophrenia but total duration of the illness is less than 6 months. Brief psychotic disorder- involves a sudden onset of psychosis or grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviour lasting less than a month.
