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Psychotic Disorders
Abnormal Behavior (Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders)
Term | Definition |
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Psychosis | reality distortion evidenced by highly disordered thought processes |
Schizophrenia | hallucination, delusions, disorganized thought, disorganized/abnormal motor behavior and negative symptoms |
Cause of Schizophrenia | excess of dopamine |
Delusions | fixed beliefs that are maintained even when compelling evidence to the contrary is presented |
Hallucinations | false sensory perceptions |
Catatonia | abnormal motor behavior; characterized by presence of behavior and movement traits |
Waxy Flexibility | motor symptom; being able to hold a position (no matter how weird) when moved by someone else |