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psychosis - correct answer ✔fundamental break with reality
form of brain pathology
disturbance in thinking and behavior
causes significant impairment
may appear weird odd or strange
clustered symptoms of psychosis - correct answer ✔positive symptoms
negative symptoms
disorganized symptoms
positive symptoms - correct answer ✔refer to overt symptoms where a distortion is present
EX: hallucinations delusions
hallucinations - correct answer ✔distortions in sensory perceptions
,perception feels real
most common hallucination - correct answer ✔auditory
auditory hallucinations consist of - correct answer ✔hearing voices
difficulty blocking out voices
give commands
multiple
comment on behavior
delusions - correct answer ✔distortion in thought, distorted view of reality
types of delusions - correct answer ✔delusions of grandeur
delusions of persecution
thought insertions/thought broadcasting
thought insertion - correct answer ✔thinking one's thoughts are inserted by another
thought broadcasting - correct answer ✔thinking one's thoughts are being broadcasted to others
negative symptoms of psychosis - correct answer ✔abolition, alogia, anhedonia, affective flattening
avolition - correct answer ✔lack of motivation
alogia - correct answer ✔lack of speech
, anhedonia - correct answer ✔lack of interest in pleasure
affective flattening - correct answer ✔lack of emotional expression
disorganized symptoms - correct answer ✔refer to erratic behavior
disorganized speech, affect, behavior
disorganized speech - correct answer ✔loose associations
word salad
neologisms
neologisms - correct answer ✔newly made up word
disorganized affect - correct answer ✔inappropriate affect, blunt speech, no emotion
disorganized behavior - correct answer ✔catatonic immobility
overview of psychotic disorders - correct answer ✔schizophrenia
schizophreniform
brief psychotic disorder