PSYC 3550 Lecture Notes - Brief Psychotic Disorder, Thought Disorder, Delusional Disorder
19 Apr 2013
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Onset early, poor prognosis. : eugen bleuler, a swiss psychiatrist. First to introduce the term schizophrenia; a term derived from the greek words for split (skhizen) and mind (phren): bleuler believed that the core of schizophrenia rests in an associative splitting of basic personality functions. Delusions often are called the basic characteristic of madness. Some research suggests that delusions give some patients a sense of meaning and purpose in life and result in less depression. The part of the brain most active during auditory hallucinations is broca"s area (i. e. , the area involved in speech production), not wernicke"s area (i. e. , the area involved in understanding and language comprehension). Inappropriate affect: disorganized behavior (e. g. , hoarding objects or acting in unusual ways in public). Including: catatonia (inc. catatonic immobility and/or waxy flexibility). Often display residual symptoms, such as negative beliefs, unusual or bizarre ideas, social withdrawal, inactivity, and/or flat affect.
