PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.4: Frontal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex, Reduced Properties
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Brain disease that causes the person to experience significant breaks from reality, a lack of integration of thoughts and emotions, and problems with attention and memory. Strongly affected by social factors such as family support and life events that cause stress. Three phases that can either occur in sequence or cycle all three many times: prodromal phase. People become confused and have difficulty organizing their thoughts. Lose interest and begin to withdraw from family and friends. Spend more time alone, deeply engrossed in their own thoughts: active phase. People experience delusional thoughts, hallucinations, or disorganized patterns of thoughts, emotions and behaviour: residual phase. People"s predo(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s have disappeared or lesse(cid:374)ed (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidera(cid:271)ly a(cid:374)d they may simply be withdrawn, have trouble concentrating and generally lack motivation. Withdrawal in the residual phase tends to increase with repeated episodes. Functionality decreases after each active phase they go through.
