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It is defined as markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all activities most of the day, nearly everyday
Anhedonia
Thoughts and behaviors (dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are conflicting or dissonant with the needs and goals of the ego; in conflict with the person's ideal self-image.
Ego-Dystonic
this theory states that schizophrenia is related to the excess activity of this neurotransmitter could contribute to positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Dopamine Hypothesis
Feeling disconnected or detached from your physical body, yourself, or thoughts, as if you were an outside observer
Depersonalization
A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy, lasting at least 4 consecutive days and present most of the day, nearly every day.
Hypomania
False beliefs that random or irrelevant occurrences in the world are directly related to one another.
Idea of reference (delusion of reference)
Reduction in amount of speech
Alogia
3 essential areas of psychotic features
Positive, negative, and disorganized symptoms
An abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes and during which time four or more of the following symptoms occur.
Panic attack
Negative views about the world, negative views about oneself, and negative views about the future
Beck's cognitive triad
Pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive, or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Feeling detached from your environment, and perceiving surroundings as being dream-like, unreal, distant, or distorted.
Derealization
Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.
Due to the perceived need to save the items and the distress associated with discarding them.
Hoarding Disorder
A belief that others are inserting ideas into another person's mind, like inserting a computer chip into your brain.
Thought insertion
Thought withdrawal, thought insertion, thought broadcasting, and idea of reference, are all examples of what?
Delusion
Diminished motivation and absence of interest to do tasks that have an end goal
Avolition
Repetitive behaviors (e.g. hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g. praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the individual feels driven to perform in response to obsession.
Compulsion
Diminished emotional expression, avolition, alogia, anhedonia, and asociality.
These are symptoms of what?
Negative symptoms in Schizophrenia (hint: think of subtraction- take away)
Motor anomalies; extreme psychomotor agitation or retardation
Catatonia
Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most indivs cause marked anxiety or distress