PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Delusional Disorder, Soltyrei, Grey Matter
7 Dec 2017
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Schizophrenia psychotic disorder; major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behaviour; one of the most severe; can start when kids but appears in late adolescence, earlier for men. Variation in disorder in di erent parts of the world in terms of prevalence and appearance; neuroanthropological model incorporates culture, brains, and experience. Higher in canada lots of new immigrants and they get it due to stress, high latitude due to less sunlight and reduced vitamin d. Acute episodes of symptoms and less severe symptoms in between; mostly treated in community, don"t really require inpatient; comorbidity is high especially with depression and anxiety, can"t be cured forever; deaths. No essential symptom must be present for a diagnosis people di er a lot; heterogeneity. Positive symptoms comprise excesses or distortions; de ne an acute episode; presence of too much of a behaviour that"s not apparent in most people.
