PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Stupor, Chronic Condition, Complications Of Pregnancy

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Dawson Clary

Document Summary

Common, believe in enemies, become suspicious & grandeur catatonic. = striking motor disturbances (muscular rigidity/random motor activity) = severe deterioration of adaptive behaviour indifference, incoherence, social withdrawal, babbling/giggling, delusions centered on body functions. Idiosyncratic mixtures of symptoms, fairly common positive vs. = behavioural deficits, impaired attention, poverty of speech. + = behavioural excesses (hallucinations/delusions), flight of ideas. Greater responsiveness to treatment with positive symptoms course and outcome. 1) mild, treated successfully, full recovery (20%), 2) partial extensive deterioration, recovery, hospitalization: chronic illness, Genetic vulnerability - heredity (especially with 2 schizophrenic parents) Neurochemical -excessive dopamine, marijuana use (thc increases dopamine) Brain abnormalities - enlarged vesicles, degeneration of tissue, reduced white/grey matter (loss of synaptic density & myelination) neurodevelopmental hypothesis. Various disruptions in maturational processes of brain before/during birth. Viral infections, malnutrition, obstetrical complications, maternal stress expressed emotion. = degree to which relative of schizophrenic patient displays highly critical/emotionally overinvolved attitudes towards patient. Stress plays role in triggering schizophrenia and relapses.