Lecture 37

Clinical 3

  1. Schizophrenia
    1. Distortions
    2. Subtypes
    3. Symptom Categories
    4. Prognosis and Prevalence
    5. Heritability
    6. Origins
  2. Personality Disorders
    1. Defined
    2. Antisocial Personality Disorder
    3. Borderline Personality Disorder


Overview

Schizophrenia is a severe psychological disorder, characterized by deficits in five areas of functioning. Although it is relatively rare, many people diagnosed with schizophrenia require hospitalization and never fully recover.

Personality disorders, which affect ~12% of the population, are chronic deficits in social and behavioral functioning. These disorders fall into three clusters.


Specifics

  • Identify five areas of disturbance in schizophrenia, and distinguish positive and negative symptoms.
  • Identify four subtypes
  • Be familiar with genetic, biological and sociocultural causes of schizophrenia
  • Define personality disorders and be familiar with three clusters for organizing the 10 types. [You don't need to know all 10 types, just the three clusters.]
  • Be familiar with the main symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, and their possible origins and developmental course.

    • Distortions in Schizophrenia

    TypeDescription
    Delusions 
    Hallucinations 
    Disorganized Thought and Language 
    Emotion 


    Schizophrenia Subtypes

    SubtypeDescription
    Paranoid 
    Disorganized 
    Catatonic 
    Undifferentiated