Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum PDF
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This chapter covers the topic of schizophrenia, including its brief history and different symptoms. It also explores various aspects of the disorder, such as positive and negative symptoms and types of psychoses. It's targeted at a psychology or psychiatry audience aiming to learn more about the spectrum of schizophrenia.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum Brief History on Schizophrenia Disorganized thinking (speech) Tangentiality - answer is far from question. Dementia Praecox - deterioration reminded Perseveration - stays on...
Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum Brief History on Schizophrenia Disorganized thinking (speech) Tangentiality - answer is far from question. Dementia Praecox - deterioration reminded Perseveration - stays on one topic only. dementia coined by Emil Kraepelin -> Rebranded Neologism - creating new words. by Eugene Bleuler as Schizophrenia recognized Clang Association - random speech pattern or as splitting of mind. rhyming. Bleuler’s 4 fundamental symptoms Positive Symptoms - delusions, hallucinations, Blunt affect - inability to express emotion. and abnormal movements. Disturbance of association - fragmented thinking. Negative symptoms - diminished emotional Autism expression and reductions in prosody. Ambivalence - fragmented emotional Avolition - decrease in motivation. response. Alogia - diminished speech output. Anhedonia - cannot experience pleasure Proponents of Schizophrenia Associality - lack of interest in social Kurt Scheneider - emphasized the role of interactions. psychotic symptoms, hallucinations and delusions as first rank symptoms. Catatonia Symptoms: Ernest Kretschmer - occurred in person with Stupor - no psychomotor activity. slender and slightly muscled physique. Catalepsy - fixed position. Karl Jarpers - emphasized understanding the Mannerism - odd actions psychological meaning of schizophrenic signs. Negativism - no response to stimuli Adolf Meyers - founder of psychobiology, Mutism - no response schizophrenia as a reaction to life stresses. Stereotypic - repetitive odd movements Echolalia - mimicking speech Schizophrenia vs Psychosis Echopraxia - mimicking movement Schizophrenia - type of psychosis, continuous signs for 6 months. Psychosis - Broad term, used for labeling psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions. Delusions: Brief Psychotic - at least a day but less than one Persecutory Erotomanic month. (at least one symptom are present) Referential Somatic Bizzare Schizophreniform - at least one month but less Grandiose than 6 months (Criterion A of schizophrenia) Hallucinations - most common is auditory Schizoaffective - hallucinations. A. uninterrupted period of illness during a major Vivid and Clear mood disorder and Criterion A of schizophrenia. Cannot control B. delusions and hallucinations for 2 or more weeks in the absence of a major mood episode.
