PSYC 2030U Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychotic Depression, Social Skills, Attention

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19 Apr 2018
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Lecture 8 eating disorders and sexual disorders & gender dysphoria. Eating disorders: disordered eating behaviors and maladaptive ways of controlling body weight. 0. 5% of canadians 15 years of age or older reported an eating disorder diagnosis in the preceding. Women more likely than men to report an eating disorder. (women 0. 8%, men 0. 2%). Schizophrenia: psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behaviour. Disordered thinking in which ideas are not logically related. Flat or inappropriate affect. (laugh when you find out someone close to you died, etc. ) Bizarre disturbances in motor activity. (holding an uncomfortable pose for a long period. ) Prevalence and comorbidity: about 1% of general population of canada. 50% suffer from a comorbid disorder: higher prevalence in canada high latitude (lower levels of vitamin d (less sun) which is prenatal factor implicated in development of schizophrenia. High rates of immigration: greater prevalence among immigrants. (perhaps greater stress exposure), comorbid conditions substance abuse (37%) & depression (40%).

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