PSYC-339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Catatonia
19 Nov 2018
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State in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways. Most commonly appears as schizophrenia: schizophrenia. 25 percent attempt suicide; 5 percent die. Increased risk of physical illness: more frequently found in lower-ses groups. For 1 month, individual displays two or more of the following symptoms much of the time: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, very abnormal motor activity, including catatonia, negative symptoms. At least one of the individual"s symptoms must be delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech. Individual functions much more poorly in various life spheres than was the case prior to the symptoms. Beyond this 1 month of intense symptomology, individual continues to display some degree of impaired functioning for at least 5 additional months: schizophrenia produces many clinical pictures. The symptoms, triggers, and course of schizophrenia vary greatly. Some clinicians have argued that schizophrenia is actually a group of distinct disorders that share common features: positive symptoms (part 1)
