01:830:346 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Taste, Schizophrenia, Dopamine Receptor D2
2 Nov 2018
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Chapter 8 : schizophrenia - childhood onset/adolescent onset. Schizophrenia develops as a result of the disintegration of neural connections between regions of emotion, thought, and behavior. Results in hallucinations, delusional thoughts, and disorganized speech. Can be difficult to differentiate from reality and fantasy. Adult onset - most common and onset after age 18. Men develop it at a younger age (19-23) Positive symptoms - exaggeration or distortions of normal behavior and thoughts taking the form of hallucinations, delusional thinking, and disorganized speech and behavior. Hallucinations are faulty perceptions that manifest in the form of auditory (usually voices), visual (seeing things others cannot see), olfactory (smell), tactile (touch), and gustatory (taste) Delusional thoughts are strongly held false beliefs. Grandiose - feel that they are special. Jealousy - unfounded belief that their significant other is cheating on them with little to no evidence. Somatic - has to do with bodily functions. May feel that they have cancer or an incurable sickness.
