PSYC 3604 Study Guide - Catatonia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Thought Disorder

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3604
• Professor: Connie Kristiansen

Document Summary

Goals for today"s class : chapter 11: schizophrenia, how do we understand and classify schizophrenia and the other psychotic. : a class of psychological disorders where reality contact (the ability to. Delusions or prominent hallucinations, with the hallucinations occurring in the. Psychoses successfully interact with one"s environment) is impaired. Psychotic absence of insight into their pathological nature. Or, could also include prominent hallucinations that the individual realizes are hallucinatory experiences. An even broader definition would also include other positive symptoms of schizophrenia (i. e. disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviour). Schizotypal personality disorder: delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder, Disorder, psychotic disorder due to another medical condition: catatonia associated with another mental disorder, or another medical condition, or unspecified catatonia, other specified, or unspecified, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Appear to reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions. Appear to reflect a diminution or loss of normal functions.