PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Stimulant Psychosis, Delusional Disorder, Stimulus Modality

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC10004
• Professor: Judi Humberstone

Document Summary

Psychosis: umbrella term meaning out of touch with reality. Psychotic symptoms can occur in a range of disorders including organic presentations like dementia substance use: amphetamine psychosis and so on. Psychosis also refers to a group of disorders distinguished from one another in terms of. In terms of both duration and clinical picture. Refers to split mindedness or a mind torn asunder. Involves disruption in various aspects of perceiving, thinking, feeling and behaviour. 1% of people worldwide particularly high in ireland and croatia. Males have earlier onset than females but ratios are the same of those diagnosed overall. Carried signi cant disability and handicap in many domains of functioning. Phenomena associated with schizophrenia can be classi ed into two major groups of symptoms. A percept in the absence of environmental stimuli. Pressure of speech word salad, incomprehensible speech excessive spontaneous speech production and rapid rate di cult to interrupt.