PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Speech Disorder, Catatonia, Dsm-5

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

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May go through these different phases multiple times, or occasionally people go through these phases and then do not have schizophrenia at all anymore* (10% permanently impaired, 65% intermediate periods being institutionalized, Belief that are not based on reality (cid:523) for the person(cid:495)s culture(cid:524)- might think you(cid:495)re jesus christ- put on world to do one particular thing think they(cid:495)re growing a tail. Delusions of persecution, reference, grandeur, control, bodily change( might. Painter (cid:523) liked to paint cats(cid:524) he takes on schizophrenia and his pictures of cats demonstrates what he may be seeing- to the point that they don(cid:495)t look like cats anymore. Presence of something that is normally absent. Absence of something that is normally present flat affect: poverty of speech; lack of motivation catatonic or grossly disorganized behavior. Genetic factors: concordance rate higher for identical twins than fraternal twins (25-50% vs. 10-17%: also higher for biological parents compared to adoptive parents.