Psychology 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tourette Syndrome, Benzodiazepine, Paroxetine

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Yves Bureau

Document Summary

Disorders of psychological function that are severe enough to require treatment. Diagnosis is guided by the dsm of the american psychiatric association (currently the dsm v) Psychiatric disorders are difficult to diagnose because you must decide whether the psychological dysfunction is pathological or merely extreme human variation. Schizophrenia means the splitting of psychic functions it refers to the breakdown of the integration of emotion, though and action. Most commonly associated with concepts of madness. Typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood. Is a diverse disorder multiple types exist and they have varied profiles. The symptoms are hard to define they are complex, overlap with other disorders, and often change as the disease progress. There are positive symptoms of schizophrenia symptoms that seem to represent an excess normal function and negative symptoms symptoms that seem to represent a reduction or loss of normal function.