PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, Thought Disorder
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Cognitive processes (depressive cognitive such as negative thoughts about self, world) Learned helplessness theory (expect bad events will occur that they cannot cope w) This is extreme highs/lows ranging in periods of time (days, months, flat zone w no order) of mania + depression. Optimism & pessimism are delusional (distanced from reality). Depressive tendencies are movement retardation, fatigue, low appetite. Manic tendencies include rapid speech patterns, > need for sleep, escalating mood of elevation. + irritability, wild ideas w insane energy to accomplish tasks, lack of understanding of reality (do not understand. Once classified as a form of dementia, this is a psychotic disorder where one lives in a different reality than anybody else, a different understanding than the regularly accepted reality. Delusions - false understandings such as paranoia (fear of others harming you) or grandeur (belief of a mission, believing that they are a religious figure) Speech disturbances - speaking quickly, streaming sounds together, making up words)
