HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eugen Bleuler, Schizoaffective Disorder, Dementia Praecox
4 Oct 2016
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Blunted affect ( not expressive e. g. could say something funny but has a straight face) Anhedonia - may extend to physical e. g. taste and touch. (inability to experience pleasure, e. g. the patient was experiencing anhedonia, because previously she liked to play basketball but now she no longer does. Does not enjoy things that they once did. e. g. food losing its taste. ) Can extend to physical i. e. taste and touch. Avolition (lack of will power e. g. not showering, getting up) Alogia (severely reduced speech, poverty of content. e. g. one or two word answer: expect something to be present but it would appear that it wasn"t present. Cognitive/ disorganized symptoms: cognitive disturbances (e. g. memory, attention, feeling as if their thinking has become clouded, disorganized speech. Neologisms : use words very often as if the word has a very powerful or potent meaning: bizarre behaviour. Moving in ways that look weird to others. The description does not make her 100% have schizophrenia.
