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14 Cards in this Set
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schizophrenia
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sever disorder of thought and emotion associated with a loss of contact with reality, "split mind"
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dementia praecox
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psychological deterioration in youth
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delusion
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strongly held, fixed belief that has no basis in reality
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psychotic symptom
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psychological problem reflecting serious distortions in reality
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hallucination
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sensory perception that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus
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command hallucinations
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tell patients what to do "Go over to the man and tell him to shut up!"
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3 different subtypes of schizophrenia
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paranoid- prominent delusions or auditory hallucinations
disorganized type- characterized by disorganized speech and behavior, as well as flat or inappropriate affect catatonic type - characterized by one or more catatonic symptoms. |
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brain abnormalities that may possibly lead to schizophrenia
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brain abnormalities- one or more of the fluid filled structures called ventricles, which cushion and nourish the brain, typically are enlarged in individuals with schizophrenia
increases in size of sulci, or spaces decreases in the size of the temporal lobes activation of the amygdala and hippocampus, in symmetry of the brain's hemispheres |
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hypofrontality
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lobes of people with schizophrenia are less active than those of non patients when engaged, in demanding mental tasks
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neurotransmitter differences that lead to schizophrenia
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dopamine hypothesis - anti schizophrenic drugs block dopamine receptor sites
dopamine receptors produce these symptoms |
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genetic reasoning behind schizophrenia
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lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia highest amongst monozygotic twins and offspring of two schiz. parents
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diathesis stress model
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perspective proposing that mental disorders are a joint product of a genetic vulnerability called a diathesis and stressors that trigger vulnerability
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bulimia nervosa
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eating disorder associated with a pattern of bingeing and purging
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anorexia nervosa
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eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight
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