15.4-6 Flashcards
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positive symptoms of schizophrenia
disturbed perceptions, disorganized speech, inappropriate laughter, tears, rage
negative symptoms of schizophrenia
absence of facial emotions, mute / rigid bodies, social withdrawl
false perceptions
hallucinations
jumbeled ideas may make no sense even within sntences
word salad
state of no apparent feeling
flat affect
when schizophrenia is a slow developing process
chronic schizophrenia, recovery is doubtful
when previously well adjusted ppl develop schiz followig life stresses
acute schiz
fetal virus infections contribute to development of schiz - true or false
true
a person’s conscious awareness dissociates
dissociative disorders
three clusters of personality disorders
anxiety (avoidant pd)
eccentric / odd behaviours (schizotypal pd)
dramatic / impulsive behaviours (bpd, narcissitic pd, anstisocial pd)
exhibits lack of consciousness for wrongdoing, little impulse control
antisocial pd
central nervous system abnormalities, altered thinking / behaviour starting chilhood
neurodevelopmental disorders
2 criteria to be diagnosed with intelectual disability
low test score
difficulty adpating to demands of independent living
underlying source of ASD symptoms
poor communication among brain regions that work to let us take another’s viewpoint
asd broken mirrors
don’t mirror ppl