MH701 #5 typical antipsychotics Success Pack 2025
| Graded A+ Quizzes and Full Verified Solutions
Psychosis is - a syndrome--mixture of symptoms associated w/ many different disorders,
but not a specific disorder itself
at minimum, psychosis means - delusions and hallucinations
Psychosis generally also includes symptoms such as - disorganized speech, disorganized
behavior, and gross distortions of reality
Paranoid Psychosis - - Paranoid Projections; Hostile Belligerence & Grandiose
Expansiveness
Disorganized/Excited Psychosis - Conceptual Disorganization, Disorientation, Excitement
Depressive Psychosis - Psychomotor retardation & Apathy; Anxious Self-Punishment &
Blame
Schizophrenia Positive symptoms - -delusions
-hallucinations
*reflect the development of the symptoms of psychosis; they can be dramatic and may reflect
loss of touch with reality
Schizophrenia Negative symptoms - *reflect the loss of normal functions and feelings,
such as losing interest in things and not being able to experience pleasure. -alogia
-affective blunting or flattening
-asociality
-anhedonia
-avolition
-attentional impairment.
alogia - poverty of speech
affective blunting - A reduction in the expression, range, and intensity of affect (In flat
affect, no facial expression is present.)
asociality - lack of interest in social interactions
| Graded A+ Quizzes and Full Verified Solutions
Psychosis is - a syndrome--mixture of symptoms associated w/ many different disorders,
but not a specific disorder itself
at minimum, psychosis means - delusions and hallucinations
Psychosis generally also includes symptoms such as - disorganized speech, disorganized
behavior, and gross distortions of reality
Paranoid Psychosis - - Paranoid Projections; Hostile Belligerence & Grandiose
Expansiveness
Disorganized/Excited Psychosis - Conceptual Disorganization, Disorientation, Excitement
Depressive Psychosis - Psychomotor retardation & Apathy; Anxious Self-Punishment &
Blame
Schizophrenia Positive symptoms - -delusions
-hallucinations
*reflect the development of the symptoms of psychosis; they can be dramatic and may reflect
loss of touch with reality
Schizophrenia Negative symptoms - *reflect the loss of normal functions and feelings,
such as losing interest in things and not being able to experience pleasure. -alogia
-affective blunting or flattening
-asociality
-anhedonia
-avolition
-attentional impairment.
alogia - poverty of speech
affective blunting - A reduction in the expression, range, and intensity of affect (In flat
affect, no facial expression is present.)
asociality - lack of interest in social interactions
