PSY 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prodrome, Echopraxia, Delusional Disorder
4 Dec 2020
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Preoccupation with delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations. No evidence of marked disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behaviour, flat or inappropriate affect. A patient with paranoid schizophrenia may become highly suspicious of relatives or associates and may complain of being watched, followed, poisoned, talked about, or influenced by various tormenting devices rigged up by enemies . Disorganized schizophrenia usually occurs at an earlier age and has a gradual insidious onset in the past the subtype was called hebephrenic schizophrenia individuals are preoccupied with fantasies and show inappropriate laughter, baby talk, and childish giggling. Hallucinations and delusions may be present, but are not coherent or organized. Criteria for disorganized schizophrenia into a story . People with disorganized schizophrenia are unable to perform routine tasks and engage in behaviours such as odd facial grimaces and talking and gesturing to themselves the prognosis is generally poor for individuals who develop disorganized schizophrenia.
