PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Monoamine Oxidase, Dyskinesia, Extrapyramidal Symptoms

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Steve Spencer

Document Summary

Types of schizophrenia: posiive symptoms, negaive symptoms. Fugue - a person disappears and becomes someone else. Muliple personality disorder) - several disinct persons" that share the same body. It is real: disinct brain acivity with diferent personaliies, it is a way to cope with anxiety. May be the result of severe abuse as a child. It is not real: social phenomena perhaps created by hypnosis in therapy, 2 cases per decade 1930-1960; 20,000 cases in the 1980s. Anisocial personality disorder: not aroused or upset by acts that are immoral and hurt others, several famous criminals it this proile. Histrionic, narcissisic and borderline personality disorder - impulsive, dramaic, and defensive style. Avoidant personality disorder - high anxiety causes social withdrawal. Schizoid personality disorder - eccentric behaviour and social withdrawal. Clinical psychology ii therapies the big picture. Anxiety disorders: cogniive behavior therapies and phobias.