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Define psychosis
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lack of contact with reality and unaware
may include delusions, hallucinations, disorganization of thought/ behavior/ speech |
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Define delerium
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- altered consciousness due to medical condition, waxes/wanes
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Define dementia
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- progressive impairment of memory, may have delusions but are an attempt to make sense out of the world so are less bizarre
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Mood disorders with psychosis
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- psychosis only present with mood disorder
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Schizophrenia risk factors and epidemiology
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RF~ genetics, prenatal insault, early childhood infection, psycho/social factors
Epidimiology~ 1% population, more males, later onset for females, general onset in late adolescence |
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Schizophrenia Course/onset
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- Some early childhood markers but are not absolute
- few years before onset some non specific mood symptoms |
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Schizophrenia diagnostic criteria
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- 1 month of at least 2: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized behavior, negative symptoms
- 6 months of problems |
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3 schizophrenia spectrum disorder
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1. Schizoaffective- schizophrenia + mood disorder but psychosis present with or without mood disorder
2. schizophreniform~ symptoms less than 6 months 3. Brief psychotic disorder~ less than 1 month and complete recovery |
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Pathophysiology of schizophrenia
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- enlarged ventricles*
- genetic markers - increased dopamine |
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Schizophrenia outcome and outcome predictors
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- 10-40% chronic
- 25% resolution/benign course - good outcomes~ female, abrupt onset, late onset - bad outcomes- mainly negative symptoms or disorganization |
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What are the 3 other psychotic disorders discussed?
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1. Folie-a-deux~ shared psychosis
2. Delusional disorder~ functioning, non-bizarre delusion 3. PTSD~ not truly psychosis, but visual hallucinations/flashbacks |
