Psychoses
psychological disorder, loss of contact with reality
Schizophrenia
psychotic, most common (1 in 100), comorbid with depression, anxiety and substance abuse.
comorbid
additional disease or condition which co-occurs with the primary diagnosis.
diagnose
mental illness is diagnosed based on subjective reports of behavioral changes.
DSM 3
multiaxial system; 1: clinical syndrome (schi)
2; personality disorder
3; medical conditions
4; psychosical (rape)
5; global assessment of functioning scale.
DSM 5
single axis scale; 1-3 merged, 4 was replaced with the ICD coding system, and 5 was eliminated.
why were DSM 5 changed made?
Destigmatize disorders, increase worldwide consistence, consistency with the ICD.
3 categories of symptoms schi
Positive; negative, disorganized (erratic behavior, motor, emotion)
delusions
are strongly held beliefs despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
2 types delusion
Bizarre; implausible,
non-bizarre; false, somewhat plausible, surveillance.
*the most common are persecutory delusions,
Hallucinations
perception in the absence of an actual sensory stimulus. Any of the senses.
negative symptoms A’s
Apathy; lack of desire to get started, problem with day-today function.
Anhedonia: without pleasure
Autism: oneself,
Affect Flatten: reduction in range and intensity of emotion.
Alogia
a poverty of speech.
schi, diagnosis
5; delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms.
Must have one of the first three.
Must demonstrate 2 for 6 months.
why were the 5 types of schi eliminated from DSM 5?
low reliability, poor validity, and did not predict patterns of disease progression or therapeutic potential.
Problems with the diagnostic model
Biomarker
objectively measurable indicator of a biological process which can be used as a predictor of an organisms physiological state.
How can biomarkers be used
prognostic; identify ppl at high risk for developing disease prior to symptoms.
Diagnostic: identification of disease
Theranostic; identify the appropriate therapy and predict therapeutic response.
Saccades
Fast jumping eye movements between fixation points. eye tracking deficit, 98 % accurate, biomarker
schi genes
the amount of DNA shared with an affected family member is directly related to one’s risk of developing schi.
schi stress
2. and the initial psychotic break leading to diagnosis is almost always preceded by a stressful event.
schi neuroanatomical
reduction in brain weight, enlargement of the ventricles, this suggests a neurodegenerative component to schi
Neurodegeneration
Process which leads to neuronal damage and or death
reduced brain weight