PSYC30014 Lecture Notes - Spring 2018 Lecture 2 - Catatonia, Anhedonia, Rational basis review
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Psychosis u(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:396)ella te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)out of tou(cid:272)h (cid:449)ith (cid:396)ealit(cid:455)(cid:859) Louis wain experience of reality becoming very different to that which is generally agreed upon; observable in his artwork: perceptual abnormality, false beliefs, thought disorder (cognition) Can refer to a variety of clusters of symptoms. Psychotic symptoms can occur in a range of disorders: organic presentations eg. dementia, substance use amphetamine psychosis etc. Disorder level psychosis refers to a group of disorders distinguished from one another in terms of: symptom configuration. Delusional disorder less likely to have bizarre delusions. Schizophrenia more likely to have bizarre delusions. Bizarre delusions beliefs which are highly unlikely based on generally agreed upon norms. Non-bizarre delusions false beliefs which are possible but have no evidence of being true: duration. 1 6 months schizophreniform disorder. Patients may display exactly the same symptoms but receive different diagnoses based on duration: relative pervasiveness. Psychotic features as the driving force with mood component schizoaffective disorder.
