PSY 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tachycardia, Thought Disorder, Dopamine Receptor
14 Mar 2017
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Disconnection of cognitive, affective, and perceptual processes; more like a fragmentation of one mind, not the presence of alternative minds. Consistent with biological evidence of atypical neural network functioning. Involves loss of touch with reality, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and speech, abnormal motor behaviors, and negative symptoms. Affects ability to express ideas clearly, have close social relationships, express postivie emotions, and make future plans. Inability to differentiate between what is real and what is unreal. Schizophrenia: severe form of psychosis where individuals alternate between following phases. Clear thinking and communication with an accurate view of reality, and proper funcitoining of daily life. Active phase of illness - thinking and speech are disorganized, people lose touch with reality and have difficulty caring for themselves. Refers to five domains of symptoms that define psychotic disorders. Include four kinds of positive symptoms and negative symptoms. Number, severity, and duration of symptoms distinguish psychotic disorders from each other.
