PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Prenatal Development

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Kim O' Neil

Document Summary

Schizophrenic disorders: definition: involves severe disturbances in thought that affect perceptual, social and emotional processes. The symptoms are delusions, deterioration of adaptive behaviour, hallucinations, disturbed emotion and social isolation. Severe deterioration of adaptive behaviour, childlike behaviour, social withdrawal, emotional indifference. Remains motionless, lack of activity, largely mute, odd expressions on the face. Mixture of symptoms: having schizophrenia increases the risk for developing an alcohol/drug problem, physical illness (because of inactive lifestyle and side effects of medications) and suicide. Mood disorders: disorders: marked by episodic emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may disrupt physical, perceptual, social and thought process: Depressive disorder: persistent feelings of sadness, depressed mood most of the day (almost every day), loss of interest, insomnia, fatigue, loss of ability to think/concentrate, indecisiveness, feelings of worthlessness and guilt and suicidal thoughts. Bipolar disorder: alternating periods of mania and depression, become hyperactive and may go days without sleep.