Schizophrenia Flashcards
(18 cards)
Atypical antipsychotics
Newer antipsychotics with fewer side effects that can effect more than one neurotransmitter
Avolution
A chronic lack of motivation to complete tasks
Delusions
When a person holds an incorrect belief that is fixed and unchangeable in spite of evidence
Diathesis stress model
Theory
Atypical antipsychotics
Newer antipsychotics with fewer side affects - affects 1+ neurotransmitters
Avolition
Chronic lack of motivation to complete tasks
Delusions
When person holds an incorrect belief that’s fixed and unchangeable
despite evidence
Diathesis stress model
Theory that SZ develops by genetic markers that increase vulnerability to SZ
External stressors that trigger it to develop
Dopamine hypothesis
Theory that excess/lack of dopamine in brain are responsible for SZ symptoms
Dysfunctional thought processing
Theory that SZ attributed to faulty cog processes
Family dysfunction
Unhealthy family dynamics may be cause of SZ (lack of comm and contra responses)
Hallucinations
Additional sensory experiences
Neg symptoms
Occur with loss of reg functioning (avolition)
Pos symptoms
Occur with excessive to reg functioning (auditory hallucinations )
SZ
mental disorder characterised by confusion between mind and reality
Speech poverty
Inability to produce fluent speech
Token economy
Behaviour management
aims to increase desirable behaviour (token given) reduce undesirable
Typical antipsychotics
Older anti developed to reduce dopa levels in brain
