PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Waxy Flexibility, Temporal Lobe, Delusional Disorder
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Schizophrenia: psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion and behaviour. Disordered thinking in which ideas are not logically related, faulty perception and attention, flat or inappropriate affect and bizarre disturbances in motor activity. One of the most disabling disorders, more so than ad, because there is an earlier age of onset allows of a lot of chronic disability. A little more common in males, prevalence 1% of population, males onset is early 20s and female onset is late 20s. A great deal of co morbidity with depression and delusional ideations that can lead to suicide n. Delusions in which people they believe they have special powers in which they put themselves in dangerous situations. Personality disorders are also co morbid with schizophrenic pts (avoidant personality in social circles) Co morbid with alcohol and cannabis substance abuse, the reason for this is because they can self medication to relieve anxiety they could be feeling.
