PSYC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Dopamine Receptor D2, Congenital Disorder, Antipsychotic
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Thought and volition disorders involve making a choice or decision. Incidence of schizophrenia is 1:100 in the us: common, but not a death sentence- people can lead productive lives despite having disorder. Paranoid- systematic delusions of persecution predominate think people or things are out to get them can function normally otherwise: 2. Disorganized- characterized by early age of onset, a wide range of symptoms, and a profound deterioration of personality. People with this type find it hard to maintain any semblance of personality: 3. Catatonic- rare form in which mutism and abnormal postures dominate: 4. Undifferentiated type- psychotic symptoms are present but the criteria for paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic types have not been met: 5. Auditory are most common; temporal lobe is activated: disordered thoughts, incoherence, loss of the normal association between ideas, or marked poverty of speech accompanied by a loss of emotional expression (flattening of affect)
