PSYC 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Grandiose Delusions, Auditory Hallucination, Mental Disorder
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Psyc 304: chapter 16 - psychopathology: delusion: a false belief strongly held in spite of contrary evidence, epidemiology: the scientific study of disease incidence. Psychiatric disorders prevalent in modern day society. 1/3 of the us population at some point in life report symptoms that match the defining features of a major psychiatric disorder. Schizophrenia: prevalence of about 1% of the population in the us, schizophrenia = split mind. Not thinking of a split personality: dissociative thinking: key symptom of schizophrenia, major impairment in the logical structure of thought, as well as emotional disturbance, delusions and hallucinations. Schizophrenia does not involve a single recessive or dominant gene; many genes play a role in the emergence: twin studies; Concordant: referring to any trait that is seen in both individuals of a pair of twins. Discordant: referring to any trait that is seen in only one individual of a pair of twins.
