PSY3032 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3h: Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Comorbidity
8 Oct 2018
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Some people with schizophrenia have severe impairments in social relationships this is asociality: they have few friends poor social skills and very little interest in being with other people. Blunted affect: refers to a lack of outward expression of emotion, only refers to outward expression not the patients inner experience, however those with schizophrenia experience the same or even more emotion than people without schizophrenia. Alogia: refers to a significant reduction in the amount of speech. Disorganised speech: refers to problems in organising ideas and in speaking so that a listener can understand. It is not a problem with language production it"s an issue with executive functioning. Cognition: cognitive deficits are common and include both neurocognition and social cognition, the deficits appear to be broad rather than selective and vary in degree from mild to very severe. 5% of people with schizophrenia ending their own lives by suicide: the interplay of symptoms and stages of recovery is complex.
