PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Broadspectrum, Psychosurgery, Etiology
6 Dec 2013
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Psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, & behavior: disordered thinking in which ideas aer not logically related, faulty perception & attention, flat or inappropriate affect, & bizarre disturbances in motor activity. Person may be successful in communication but has difficulty stick to one topic. May drift off train on train of associations evoked by an idea from the past. May be unwilling recipient of bodily sensation or thoughts imposed by an external agency. People may believe that their thoughts are broadcasted/transmitted, so others know what they are thinking. People may think their thoughts are being stolen from them by an external force. Some people believe their feelings are controlled by an external force. Chapter 11 behavior is controlled by an external force. Some people believe that impulses to behave in certain ways are imposed by some external force. Avolition any stimulation from the environment, may be important diagnostically.
