PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Flu Season, Myelin, Borderline Personality Disorder
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Movements+ may+ also+ be+ slowed+ and+ their+ overall+ amount+ of+ movement+ reduced,+ with+ little+ initiation+of+behaviour+and+no+interest+in+social+participation. ++ While+ positive+ symptoms+ can+ be+ reduced+ or+ eliminated,+ the+ negative+ ones+ often+ persist,+ suggesting+ that+ the+ 2+ types+ of+ symptoms+ have+ different+ causes. + positive+ ones+ are+ thought+ to+ arise+from+neurotransmitter+dysfunction,+and+negatives+ones+are+associated+with+abnormal+brain+ regions. + The+ventricle+are+enlarged,+meaning+that+the+actual+brain+tissue+is+reduced,+and+the+greater+the+ reduction,+ the+ worse+ the+ outcome. + the+ reductions+ increase+ overtime. + they+ occur+ in+ many+ regions+ of+ the+ brain,+ especially+ in+ the+ frontal+ lobes+ and+ medial+ temporal+ lobes,+ and+ lead+ to+ a+ decrease+of+their+activity. ++ Many+have+speculated+that+it+is+more+a+problem+of+connection+between+brain+regions+that+the+ result+ of+ diminished+ or+ changed+ functions. + it+ could+ also+ result+ from+ abnormalities+ in+ neurotransmitters+such+as+dopamine:+drugs+that+block+dopamine+decrease+symptoms,+and+drugs+ that+ increase+ dopamine+ increase+ symptoms. + it+ might+ also+ involve+ abnormality+ in+ the+ glial+ cells+ that+make+up+the+myelin+sheath+which+would+impair+neurotransmission+through+the+brain. ++ Personality+disorder:+when+people+interact+with+the+world+in+maladaptive+and+inflexible+ways+for+ long+ lasting+ periods+ and+ causes+ trouble+ in+ work+ and+ social+ situations. + they+ affect+ 10%+ of+ the+ population. ++ They+ seem+ to+ lack+ a+ strong+ sense+ of+ self,+ can"t+ tolerate+ being+ alone,+ have+ an+ intense+ fear+ of+ abandonment,+ and+ thus+ can+ be+ very+ manipulative+ in+ their+ attempts+ to+ control+ relationships. ++