PSYC 241- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Shannon Zaitsoff

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Associated with a high risk of violence; people with schizophrenia at high risk with violence; less then 10% of violence is associated with schizophrenia. Most frequently diagnosed between 20-40 (45) years old. Men and women at equal risk of developing schizophrenia; men display symptoms earlier (early to mid-20s); women display symptoms later (late 20s). Prodromal phase: a variety of clinically signi cant symptoms may emerge slowly over time. Impairment in personal hygiene; not bathing, growing. Typically, development of positive symptoms mark onset of rst episode of. After disorder is developed, less likely to nish school, obtain a job; more likely to develop depression and substance use disorders ( other psychiatric disorders). Positive symptoms: more obvious symptoms of psychosis; addition of abnormal behaviours. Negative syndroms: absence or loss of typical behaviours. Misinterpretations of sensory perceptions that occur while a person is awake and conscious. Can be in the presence or absence of corresponding stimuli.