PSY 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neurotrophic Factors, Sleep Deprivation, Xerostomia
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People with schizo are ego-syntonic, they are not aware that they are sick. Symptoms: negative, flat affect, brain damage related, emotional problems, aimless behavior, cognitive, brain damage related, memory impairment, poor attention, poor abstract thinking/problem solving, positive, dopamine related, paranoia, disorganized thinking, word salad, thought disorder, delusions, hallucinations. If the fathe(cid:396) is olde(cid:396) the(cid:396)e"s a highe(cid:396) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the (cid:272)hild getti(cid:374)g s(cid:272)hizoph(cid:396)e(cid:374)ia: sperms are more likely to have mutations, more cell division in sperm = higher probability of a mutation. D(cid:396)ug that does(cid:374)"t lead to a(cid:271)use (ritalin) Increase positive symptoms: 2 main da pathways, nigrostriatal: substantia nigra basal ganglia. Involved in movement: low dopamine = abnormal/uncontrolled movement, mesolimbic: vta nucleus accumbens, rei(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) (cid:862)do it agai(cid:374)(cid:863) People with schizophrenia have more da being released. Studies show that this is true, they release higher. More da is released with da = positive symptoms. People with schizophrenia are born with more da receptors. There is not too much evidence on it: treatments.
