PSY-2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Delusional Disorder, Frontal Lobe, Psychosis
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Well-developed (complex) tend to be thematic (e. g. , based around persecution, etc. ) Overall cognitive skills and emotional responses are less impaired than other subtypes overall prognosis (adjustment) is better than other types. Most prevalent symptoms are in speech and behavior. Often early in onset (teens) with poor prognosis. Lack thereof immobility, odd postures/grimmaces: or excess stereotyped movements, echolalia, echopraxia. A mix of psychotic symptoms that bridge two or more of the other subtypes. E. g. , well-developed delusions with speech irregularity and stereotyped movements: on the schizophrenic spectrum *** Residual type, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, schizotypal personality disorder. Sex ratio is about even: men: onset is earlier and severity is greater, about 80% who have a schizophrenic episode (@ least 6 months) will have a chronic condition. Goater et al. (1999) disturbed ethnic minority individuals were more likely to be detained against their will, forcefully admitted to inpatient units, and sedated with. Multiple genes contribute to risk for sz.
