PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Stimulant Psychosis, Dopamine Hypothesis Of Schizophrenia, Genetic Linkage
15 Jul 2015
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It is unclear whether marital problems are a cause or a result. The clinical picture of schizophrenia: schizophrenia produces many clinical pictures , the symptoms, triggers, and course of schizophrenia vary greatly, some clinicians have argued that schizophrenia is actually a group of distinct disorders that share common features. What are the symptoms of schizophrenia: symptoms can be grouped into three categories, positive symptoms, negative symptoms, psychomotor symptoms. Positive symptoms: these pathological excesses are bizarre additions to a person"s behavior, positive symptoms include, delusions faulty interpretations of reality. Delusions may have a variety of bizarre content: being controlled by others; persecution; reference; grandeur; control: disordered thinking and speech, may include loose associations, neologisms, perseverations, and clang. Loose associations (derailment): the problem is insects. He"s now a man 5 foot 10 inches. You know, 10 is my favorite number; i also like to dance, draw, and watch.
