PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mass Psychogenic Illness, Fetus, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Alogia: negative thought disorder, can take several forms a. Inability to experience pleasure: manifested as a a. Lack of interest in recreational activities: failure to develop close relationships with other people c. Antipsychotic drugs: aka neuroleptics, psychoactive drugs that reduce psychotic symptoms but have long term effects resembling symptoms of neurological disease a. i. Inability to form close relationships and to feel intimacy: few friends, poor social skills c. Little interest in being with other people: high degree of shyness, often first seen in childhood f. Interpersonal deficits could reflect related deficits in ability to recognize emotional cues displayed by others: strongest predictor of social disability is chronic cognitive impairment. Catatonia: defined by several motor abnormalities, odd repeated gestures that seem purposeful, unusual increase in activity, which might include b. i. Great expenditure of energy similar to that seen in mania. Catatonic immobility: clients adopt unusual postures and maintain them for very long periods of time.
