PY 358 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coronary Artery Disease, Cortisol, Mild Cognitive Impairment

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 358
• Professor: Theodore Tomeny

Document Summary

Antipsychotics: a class of medications that block dopamine receptors at neuron receptor sites. Atypical antipsychotics: a group of medication that effectively treats positive symptoms, is much less likely to produce tardive dyskinesia, and has some effect on negative symptoms and cognitive impairments. Brief psychotic disorder: a sudden, short-term display of psychotic behavior, such as hallucinations or delusions, which occurs with a stressful event. Catatonia: a condition in which a person is awake but is nonresponsive to external situation. Conventional or typical antipsychotics: medications that effectively reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia but produce serious side effects. Delusional disorder: a condition in which a person has a nonbizarre delusion, no other psychotic symptoms, and few changes in overall functioning other than the behaviors immediately surrounding the delusion. Dopamine hypothesis: the theory that a cause of schizophrenia is the presence of too much dopamine in the neutral synapses. Early-onset: a form of schizophrenia that develops in childhood or adolescence (usually before 18)