Psychosis
effect information processing - lose touch with reality
it's not an illness, it's a symptom that can be caused by more then one illnesses
FEP - usually in the late teen to early adulthood
there might be a predromal period
its not suddenly starts, there are signs and warnings. there are three levels - signs before, early psychosis, psychosis episode
signs before
decline in concentration
lack in self care
suspiciousness toward others
no emotions or stonger emotions
early signs
stop to care for himself
hear, see or taste things that other dont
unable to think at all
strange beliefs
pull away from friends and family
psychotic episode
hallucinations - perceptual
delusions - beliefs or interpretations
Schizophrenia
mental disorder
we dont know how to cure this illness
there is levels of it
Paranoid - prominent positive symptoms
Hebephrenic
prominent thoughts disorder
Sustained flattened or incongruous affect
Lack of goal directed behaviour
catatonic - stupor, excitement, posturing, and rigidity
simple
Pronounced decline in social, academic, or employment performance
Progressive deepening of negative symptoms
Considerable loss of personal drive
there is connection between excessive dopamine to SCZ
one theory said that dopamine used in the process of attention in meaningful events. According to that, more dopamine can make a lot of none important thing meaningful and then it's create totally different world
that theory explains only some of the delusions
there are a lot of evidence for this connection
generally speaking, the basis of SCZ is neurotransmitters imbalance
Dopamine, Serotonin, glutamate
maybe also GABA, aspartate, glycine