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1) Psychotic Disorders - 5 symptoms: hallucinations, disorganized thought, disorganized behavior, catatonia, negative symptoms
-Schizophrenia - two of the above symptoms for six months, one of which is delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech
--Positive symptoms -  actions added to normal behavior
---Psychotic Dimension - Delusions + Hallucinations
----Delusions - false beliefs not shared by others in the culture
-----Delusions of Reference - environment directed at individual
-----Delusions of Persecution - environment deliberately interfereing with individual
-----Delusions of Grandeur - person is remarkable in some way
-----Thought Insertion - thoughts put into head
-----Thought Broadcasting - thoughts sent out of head
----Hallucinations - perceptions not due to external stimuli
---Disorganized Dimension - Disorganized thought + Disorganized Behavior
----Disorganized Thought - thoughts don't make sense
-----Loosening of Associations - listener cannot follow train of thought due to frequent shifting of topics
-----Word Salad - words thrown together incomprehensibly
-----Neologisms - inventing new words
----Disorganized Behavior -  cannot conduct activities of daily living
-----Catatonia - movement greatly reduced/rigid posture
-----Echolalia - repeating words
-----Echopraxia - repeating actions

--Negative symptoms - Absence of desired behavior
---Disturbance of Affect - expression of emotion
----Blunting - reduction in intensity of affect expression
----Flat Affect - no signs of affect expression
----Inappropriate Affect - affect discordant with individual's speech
---Avolition - decrease in goal-oriented behavior

--Prodromal phase - poor adjustment phase prior to diagnosis
--Prognosis good when schizophrenia development is fast
--Prognosis bad when schizophrenia development is slow

Tags: behavioral_sciences+_7

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