PSYC 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neologism, Decanoic Acid, Chlorpromazine
29 Sep 2014
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Initially first serious symptom was mania faded after months: when diagnosed was diagnosed as bipolar, then schizophrenic, then schizoaffective (which is a combination of the two, was better once on medication called chlorpromazine, once he went off this he experienced mania again, mania easier to live with than depression, can"t do drugs or alcohol because these interfere with medication and cause relapse of symptoms, back then was considered psychological disorder; today it"s considered a brain disorder. Noticed when they experienced them made subtle movements with their lips, subvocal noises: maybe thoughts in your head are being perceived as auditory hallucinations, using a throat microphone to record movements of the throat found recorded subvocal sounds when experiencing auditory hallucinations, played back the recordings to the patients and these were confirmed to be the hallucinations that were being experienced, using cbt on persistent hallucinations have them actually talk or listen to music to suppress hallucinations.
