PSYC-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 52: Reduced Affect Display, Flu Season, Thalamus
13 Sep 2018
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Schizophrenia - the mind is split from reality, a split from one"s own thoughts so that they appear as hallucinations. Psychosis - refers to a mental spilt from reality and rationality. Negative - absence or reduction of healthy behaviours. Disturbed perceptions: people with schizophrenia often experience hallucinations, that is, Catatonia (moving less) perceptual experiences not shared by others: the most common form of hallucinations is hearing voices that no one else hears, often with upsetting content. Disorganized thinking and speech: disorganized speech, including the "word salad" of loosely associated phrases, delusions (illusory beliefs), often bizarre and not just mistaken, most common are delusions of grandeur and of persecution. Disminished and inappropriate emotions: odd and socially inappropriate responses such as looking bored or amused while hearing of a death, flat affect: facial/body expression is "flat" with no visible emotional content. In reaction to stress, some people develop positive symptoms such as hallucinations: recovery is likely.
