PSYC 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Motor Coordination, Psychosis, Clairvoyance
10 Nov 2016
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Delusional disorder: delusions contrary to reality. Others poisoning food: lack other positive and negative symptoms, types of symptoms present. A person is in love with them. Worse than other psychotic disorders: conflicting evidence about the biological/psychosocial influences. A specific type of delusion: shared psychotic disorder. Delusions from relationship with delusional person - person develops delusion as a result of interacting with that delusional individual. Watch who you interact with: content and nature of delusion originates with the partner. I believe you"re going to receive a great promotion! Brief psychotic disorder: one or more positive symptoms, lasts 1 month or less, usually precipitated. Trauma: typically return to premorbid baseline. Prevalence and cause of schizophrenia: prevelance = 0. 2% to 1. 5% (life/chronic, course = chronic. Due to suicide: female : male = about 1:1. Diagnosis and treatment typically occur 1-2 years after symptom onset. Lack of initiative, interests, or energy: cultural factors. Higher prevalence in african americans (in the us)
