PSY 359 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Elyn Saks, Eugen Bleuler, Prefrontal Cortex
26 Oct 2016
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*described in early 1910s by emil kraeplin - dementia praecox (loss of mental function) *schizophrenia is not two minds; it is no longer functioning together within itself to produce one proper outcome. *in dsm iv, schizophrenia was broken down into different categories (paranoid schizo, etc). *schizophrenia symptoms broken down into two types: type 1 (first three symptoms), type 2 (last two symptoms) *schizophrenics as violent as typical people but if they are it is usually against family. * 60 genes have been tested for schizo. * major change in schizo is in dopamine system. All drugs used to treat schizo work on dopamine system. Having different alleles of d2 receptor tells how well you"ll respond to treatment. *schizophrenia twice as common as alzheimer"s five times as common as ms six times as common as diabetes sixty times as common as muscular dystrophy. *a lot of stigma to this disorder so least funded research.
