Saturday January 21 y Abnormal Psychology Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders What is the prevalence of schizophrenia and how does it vary by gender and ethnic ity 1 2 lifetime prevalence in US 0 5 2 lifetime prevalence worldwide common in men What are the primary symptoms of schizophrenia How are positive and negative symptoms different primary symptoms psychotic delusions hallucinations disorganized speech thought behavior negative symptoms affective flattening alogia avolition What are the common type of delusions and hallucinations What are disorganized thought speech and behavior symptoms of schizophrenia What is the difference between disorganized and catatonic behavior Delusions persecutory being persecuted watched conspired against reference random events are directed at oneself grandiose great power knowledge talent or is a famous powerful person guilt or sin committed a terrible act or responsible for a terrible event somatic appearance or part of body is diseased altered 1 Saturday January 21 y being controlled thoughts feelings behaviors are being imposed controlled by an external force Disorganized thought speech behavior symptoms loosening of associations or derailment word salad neologisms Disorganized behavior unpredictable and untriggered catatonic behavior extreme lack of responsiveness What are the three core types of negative symptoms affective flattening alogia avolition What are the three phases of schizophrenia symptoms How does schizophrenia im pact the lives of individuals with the disorder prodromal phase symptoms present before full criteria is met acute active psychosis residual phase symptoms present after acute phase Why do clinicians and researchers refer to the disorder as the schizophrenias subtypes no longer recognized in DSM 5 main symptoms categories remain the same What is the prognosis for an individual with schizophrenia and how it might vary ac cording to the gender and age of the affected individual life expectancy 10 years shorter high relapse 85 have residual and or active symptoms higher rates of infectious circulatory diseases 2 Saturday January 21 y 10 15 die by suicide women have better prognosis women late 20 s to early 30s men around 21 What are the key diagnostic features of schizoaffective schizophreniform and delu sional disorders How are these similar and different to schizophrenia schizoaffective mix of mood and SZ symptoms at same time schizophreniform rare SZ symptoms present 1 6 mo delusional disorder rare delusions for 1 mon What are the structural and functional brain abnormalities associated with schizophre nia enlarged ventricles prefrontal cortex limbic system hippocampus What are the historic and contemporary hypotheses concerning the role of dopamine believed to affect the development and treatment of schizophrenia original dopamine theory was the symptoms of schizophrenia are caused by ex cess levels of dopamine in the brain particularly in prefrontal cortex limbic sys tem Kenneth Davis colleagues 1991 proposed a revised theory that suggests that different types of dopamine receptors and different levels of dopamine in various areas of the brain can account for the symptoms of schizophrenia What are the psychosocial factors associated with developing schizophrenia and the evidence for their influence 3 Saturday January 21 y associated w low SES stressful circumstances at birth social selection results in lower class relative to family schizophrenogenic mother communication problems double binds expressed emotion What are the drug therapies most commonly prescribed for schizophrenia their side effects symptoms they treat most effectively and which symptoms they do not treat effectively neuroleptics ex Thorazine chlopromazine Haldol butyrophenones and Navene thoixanthenes side effects grogginess drymouth blurred vision drooling sexual dysfunction weight gain depression etc akinesia slowed motor activity monotonous speech lack of facial expression What are the basic features of psychological and social treatments designed for peo ple with schizophrenia cognitive treatment help individuals recognize and change attitudes behavior treatment social learning theory problem solving skills increase social connection family therapy Personality Disorders 4 Saturday January 21 y What is personality What are personality disorders personality combination of traits personality trait enduring patterns relating to and thinking about the environ ment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal con texts What are the three clusters of personality disorders the disorders within each cluster and the ways in which the disorders within each cluster are similar and different Cluster A odd eccentric paranoid personality disorder schizoid personality disorder schizotypal personality disorder Cluster B dramatic emotional antisocial personality disorder histrionic personality disorder borderline personality disorder narcissistic personality disorder Cluster C Anxious fearful dependent personality disorder avoidant personality disorder obsessive compulsive personality disorder What are the key diagnostic features of each personality disorder and theories that at tempt to explain it paranoid personality disorder distrust suspiciousness interpreting motives of others as malevolent 5 schizoid personality disorder social detachment and restricted emotion schizotypal personality disorder social interpersonal deficits eccentric behavior cognitive perceptual disturbances Saturday January 21 y histrionic PD excessive emotionality and attention seeking narcissistic PD grandiosity need for admiration deficient empathy antisocial PD ASPD Psychopathy disregard for rules rights of others impul sivity Borderline PD BPD instability in interpersonal relationships self image emo tion dysregulation impulsivity What are similarities and differences between schizophrenia and the odd eccentric cluster A personality disorders no delusions hallucination or other severe symptoms What are key features of psychopathy What are the similarities and differences be tween psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder person with no conscience continuum not simply psychopathic or not but degrees beyond normal range of personality mixture of traits and behaviors What are some of the personality disorders such as antisocial personality disorder es pecially difficult to treat borderline personality disorder histrionic personality disorder
View Full Document
Unlocking...