Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Persecutory Delusion, Racing Thoughts, Antipsychotic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Albert N Katz

Document Summary

Suicide attempts (19 yrs old) didn"t ask for help before. People left things in brains so they could spy on him. Not making sense, rambling, very disorganized speech. History of low achievement grandiose of wanting to go to medical. Referential things are in reference to you (advertisement) Grandiose you think highly of yourself, some sort of special power. Somatic body delusions (organs have turned to dust) Nihilistic something awful is going to happen. Erotomanic excessive perception and focus on someones feelings for you. Talk therapy difficult because of disorganized thinking. Stress can trigger episodes in people with schizophrenia. Critical comments, hostility, emotional overinvolvement, lack of warmth. Families with this are more likely to have psychotic relapse. Released to home, could have high expressed emotion, could relapse. Lower ses are more likely to develop schizophrenia. Sociogenic theory stress of poverty causes schizophrenia. Social drift hypothesis people with schizophrenia tend to drift downward with ses.