Psychology 2030A/B Lecture 10: 2030- Lecture 10.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

The disorganized symptoms: disorganized speech; cant follow them. Tangentially: going off on a tangent; not answering a question directly. Loose association or derailment: taking conversations in unrelated directions i. e. blue and blew; paranoid ones do not do this. Disorganized type: marked disruptions in speech and behavior; flat or inappropriate affect (no emotion, hallucinations and delusions have a theme, but tend to be fragmented; not as pure or strong, disorganized unusual behavior. Catatonia: spectrum from wild agitation, waxy flexibility, to complete immobility: develops early; tends to be chronic; lacks periods of remission; hard to treat. Catatonic type: show unusual responses and odd mannerisms; echolalia- repeat speech and emotions; echopraxia- mimic behavior of others, this subtypes tends to be severe and quite rare. Undifferentiated type: wastebasket category; don"t really know what it is, major symptoms of schizophrenia, but fail to meet criteria for another type.