PSYC 4240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reinforcement, Hypoventilation, Clozapine
6 Jun 2016
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Schizophrenic symptoms for a few months (less than 6; more than 1) Impaired functioning is not required; functioning may lag behind symptoms. Some never progress on to schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, but many do. Symptoms of schizophrenia and a mood disorder; not a mood disorder with psychotic features. Must have psychotic symptoms for a few weeks even in the absence of mood symptoms. These people usually do not get better on their own. Needs to have delusions or hallucinations for at least 2 weeks in the absence of mood disorder. Bipolar type: if mania is part of presentation. Depressive type: if only major depressive episodes are part of the presentation. Presence of one or more delusions that persist for at least 1 month. Lack the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Erotomanic someone else is in love with person. Lasts at least 1 day but not longer than 1 month. Many of these people will not go onto schizophrenia/schizoaffective.
