CLP 4144 Study Guide - Final Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Chorea, Dissociative Identity Disorder
16 Aug 2016
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Choreoathetosis (rapid jerking movements caused by bg), flat facial appreciation/lack of eye contact, behavioral inertia/compulsiveity, emotional flatness/lability. Disorganized- exacerbations of hallucinations and various negative symptoms. End up in a hospital or the street. Paranoid- functioning but preoccupied with delusions and hallucinations that become overwhelmingly difficult. Able to carry out plan, less likely to show schizophrenic deterioration. Associated syndromes that are differentially diagnosed with schizophrenia. Abrupt changes in behavior and may have prominent delusions. Delusional disorder- persecutory, grandiose, erotomanic (think someone is in love with them), jealous. Brief psychotic disorder- typical psychotic symptoms, lasting about a month, with relatively normal behavior in between (temporary insanity) *remember that questions can be framed in the negative. Overproduction of dopamine in the mesolimbic system and nigrostriatal system. Left and right frontal lobes are of equal size; reductions of cortical volume in temporal and frontal lobes, abnormal columnar structures in neurons, and too many synapses due to lack of synaptic pruning.
