ABNORMAL PSYCH

Schizophrenia

A)    Symptoms - Positive
*    delusions
*    hallucinations
*    cognitive slippage

 
B)    Symptoms - Negative
*    flat affect
*    poverty of speech
*    apathy/avolitional
*    social withdrawal
 
C)    The Artistic Mind of a Psychotic

 
D)    Causes of Schizophrenia
  genetic factors
  brain abnormalities
  prenatal viral infection
    (Schizophrenics more likely to be born in Mar. & Apr.)
  neurotransmitters
   SOCIOCULTURAL
  • lower social class

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                    E)   Relapse
                              *expressed emotion 
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