PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tardive Dyskinesia, Atypical Antipsychotic, Token Economy
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Means split minds (split from reality: what is going on in the real world and what is going on in their own head. More likely to be affected by violence. Jesus), control (other people are trying to control you and your mind), bodily change (believing you physical body is changing, i. e. growing a tale or horns) Disorganized speech (their speech is hard to follow: loosened or unusual associations, abrupt shifts, strange words. Hallucinations: alternations in perceptions, auditory, visual, tactile, taste (food taste different, believe someone is poisoning them if it tastes different), and smell. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviour ( rapid movements, or still movements) Negative symtoms: blunted or inappropriate affect (mother dies and it does not affect you are you laugh historically, poverty of speech (lack of speech, lack of motivation (early symptoms of the disease, inability to experience pleasure, asocial. Two or more characteristic symptoms: delusions, disorganized speech, hallucinations, negative symptoms, grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviour.
