PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychosis, Reduced Affect Display, Substance Abuse

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Psychotic disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behaviour. Disordered thinking in which ideas are not logically related, faulty perception and attention, flat or inappropriate affect, and bizarre disturbances in motor activity. 1% (~0. 87%) prevalence in the general population. Patients, parents, siblings, etc: more prevalent in men, consistent finding that men show symptoms earlier than women. Late adolescent to early adulthood: bad time to develop schizophrenia because during this time in life you do important things. As a result, people with schizophrenia often end up homeless: higher suicide rates with people with schizophrenia, what drives them to suicide is often a symptom of a hallucination/delusion. Not due to feelings of sadness or depression: higher substance abuse. Patients with schizophrenia might also meet the criteria for anxiety disorders: paranoia. Acute symptoms: hallucinations, delusions: each time an acute episode occurs, the patient"s well-being deteriorates and gets worse. The earlier the treatment, the better the outcome will be for the patient.