PSYC 3406 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: White Matter, Postpartum Psychosis, Myelin
20 Aug 2018
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In addition to the disorders discussed in this chapter, many things can cause psychotic symptoms. Include in your description when the illness usually first appears, phases that it goes through, and address whether there is steady deterioration of functioning over time or periods of better functioning. Schizophrenia affects less than 1% of the population. You would expect a person with schizophrenia to be in a fairly constant level of dysfunction throughout their life. You saw a video in class about a homeless man on the streets of san francisco. : symptoms of schizophrenia are present in all 3 phases of the disorder, even if the client is on medications to treat the symptoms. : a person with schizophrenia will never be able to work. What did rosenhan"s pseudopatient study show about how people tended to be treated in psychiatric hospitals in the.
