PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Thought Disorder, Speech Disorder, Waxy Flexibility
16 Mar 2016
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Schizophrenia: serious psychological disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, and intense changes in perception, motor control, and emotion. Heterogeneity: variability and diversity of clinical and biological features of schizophrenia. Each case differs person to person, from symptoms, to causes, and effective treatments. Prevelancy: of 1% with equal risk between men and women. Means 300,00 people may have schizophrenia in canada. Typical onset in late adolescence/ early adulthood (age 15-45) Initial episodes tend to occur in men ~ 20, women in late 20"s. Schizophrenia rivals heart disease and stroke in terms of hospital care. 1 in 12 beds are occupied by people with the disorder. Positive symptoms: exaggerated, distorted adaptations of normal behaviour, and are the more obvious signs of psychosis. Include delusions, hallucinations, thought and speech disorder, or catatonic behaviour. Negative symptoms: absence or loss of typical behaviour, or experiences. Include avocation (loss of motivation) and anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
