PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Twin, Dementia Praecox, Delusional Disorder
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Hallucinations- sensory events that aren"t really there, auditory, touch, taste, smell. Disorganized speech- jumbled words that together don"t make sense. Catatonia- not being able to move or function. Truman- everyone is watching your life on a film. Base rate 1% over 6 months to diagnose: epidemiology l begins in late adolescences or early adulthood. Don"t see in kids because it is developmentally appropriate to have magical thinking. Peek in men ages 20-24 after 40 falls to almost 0. Peek in women aged 20-24 and 45-50 (hormones?) 3 men > 1 women: clinical picture of schizophrenia. Sensory hallucinations that are thought to be real. Commanding language processing center is the part of the brain that is light up with having a hallucination. Occur in 90% of cases feeling that"s one"s thoughts or actions are being controlled by others that private thoughts are being viewed thoughts are being put into brain by someone else thoughts are being robbed by someone else.
