Psychological Disorders

"Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors." -Myers

Schizophrenia

Criteria for Schizophrenia

A. Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if

successfully treated):

1. delusions

2. hallucinations

3. disorganized speech

4. grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior

5. negative symptoms, i.e. affective flattening, alogia, or avolition

Paranoid Type

A type of schizophrenia in which the following criteria are met:

A. Preoccupation with one or more delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations.

B. None of the following is promeninet: disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, or flat or inappropriate

affect.

Brief Psychotic Disorder

Criteria for Brief Psychotic Disorder

A. Presence of one (or more) of the following symptoms:

1. Delusions

2. Hallucinations

3. Disorganized speech

4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior

With Marked Stressor(s): (Brief Reactive Psychosis): if symptoms occur shortly after and apparently in response to events that, singly or together, would be markedly stressful to almost anyone in similar circumstances in the person’s culture.

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