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Psychoses
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Part of chapter 17: Drugs for psychoses
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schizophrenia
schizoaffective personality disorder
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Psychoses
Nature
Unable to distinguish reality from illusion
May be seen as medically & legally incompetent.
Signs:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Illusions
Disorganized behavior
Difficulty relating to others
Paranoia
Causes:
TBI
Medication overdose
Chronic alcoholism/drug addiction
Extreme depression
Bipolar disorder
Alzheimer's disease
Schizophrenia
Usually cannot function w/out long-term drug therapy.
Schizophrenia
Characterized by abnormal thoughts, thought processes, disordered communication, and withdrawal from others.
High risk for suicide.
Positive symptoms add on to normal behavior
Hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thought/speech
Negative symptoms subtract from normal behavior.
Lack of interest, motivation, responsiveness, or pleasure in daily activities.
Characteristic of the indifferent personality of many schizophrenics.
Causes:
Genetics
Overactive dopaminergic pathways in basal nuclei.
Dopamine type 2 receptors are rich in the basal nuclei.
Areas of frontal cortex are filled w/subcortical circuits contingent on dopamine levels.
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia + mood disorder.
Both positive and negative symptoms are present.
Conditions that can look like this:
Chronic amphetamine or cocaine use.
Brain neoplasms
Infections.
Hemorrhage
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