PSYC 2011 Final: Chapter 12- Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Document Summary
Chapter 12: schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: overall definition. Belief their own thought is being broadcasted for others to hear. Belief that another person is inserting thoughts into one"s mind. Belief that thought are being removed from one"s mind by another. False belief that one has committed terrible act or event. False belief that one"s appearance is diseased or altered: hallucinations (positive symptom, perceptions that are not real, false sensory experience. Hearing voices, sense sounds are coming from inside or outside their mind, voices talking to each other. Seeing this, might insect crawling on hands and face of someone. Smell things that aren"t there, client may think odor coming from around them or themselves. False sense of taste, feel that something eating or drinking taste odd. Feel things that don"t exist, sense they are being tickled when not, sense insect crawling on or under skin: disorganized speech (positive symptom, difficult for someone with schizophrenia to carry ona coherent conversation.
