PSY 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: White Matter, Diffusion Mri, Mood Disorder
31 Oct 2016
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6. 2 describe the key features of psychotic disorders. 6. 3 identify the theories & treatments of schizophrenia. A disorder with a range of symptoms involving disturbances in content of thought, form of thought, perception, affect, sense of self, motivation, behavior, as well as interpersonal functioning. Some people who have this disorder can eventually live a life free of the symptoms. *delusion: deeply entrenched false belief not consistent (cid:449)ith the clie(cid:374)t"s i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)ce or cultural background. *hallucination: false perception not corresponding to the objective stimuli present in the environment. *loosening of associations: flow of thoughts that is vague, unfocused as well as illogical. No longer a subtype of schizophrenia = catatonia: condition in which the person shows marked psychomotor disturbances. May include decreased, excessive or peculiar motor activity. Look 2 table 6. 2 for diagnostic featrues of schizophrenia. *active phase: a period in the course of schizophrenia in which psychotic symptoms are present. *restricted affect: narrowing of the range of outward expressions of emotions.
