PSY 3171 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Persecutory Delusion, Speech Disorder, Catatonia
24 Jan 2020
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Chapter 9: schizophrenia is characterized by heterogeneity whereby people with the disorder differ from each other in symptoms, family and person background, response to treatment and ability to live outside of a hospital. May hear, smell, see or feel things that are not really present. An inability to discriminate between internal and external sources of information and experience: delusions are implausible beliefs that persist despite reliable contradictory evidence. Persecutory delusions are the most common form, in which the individual believes they are being pursued or targeted for sabotage, ridicule or deception. Referential delusions involve the belief that common, meaningless occurrences have significant and personal relevance. Somatic delusions involve beliefs related to the individual"s body. Religious delusion is the belief that biblical or other religious passages or stories offer the way to destroy or to save the world. Catatonic behaviour involves a significant reduction in responsiveness to the environment.
