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Tag Archives: Schizophrenia
Comorbidity: Substance Abuse Disorders (SUDs)
Comorbid, or comorbidity, is literally defined as “recurring together.” (Shiel, Jr. & Stoppler, 2008, p. 94) For our purposes, comorbidity will refer to cases where two or more psychiatric conditions coexist, and where one of the conditions is a substance … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, affective flattening, alcoholic, alcoholism, amphetamine, amphnetamine abuse, antisocial personality disorder, anxiolytics, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, borderline personality, borderline personality disorder, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, Comorbid, comorbidity, Conduct Disorder, death, Depression, eating disorder, gateway drug, hallucinogens, hypnotics, incarceration, inhalant, marijuana, nicotine, opiate, personality disorder, phencyclidine, quality of life, Schizophrenia, sedative, social anxiety disorder, Substance Abuse, substance abuse disorders, substance use, suicide, unemployment, victimization, violence
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Paranoid Schizophrenia vs Delusional Disorder
Analysis of the common psychopathological features in the various psychotic disorders suggest that symptoms can be clustered into five main categories: (Os & Kapur, 2009, p. 635) 1) Psychosis, encompassing positive symptoms of delusions and hallucinations. 2) Alterations in drive … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, auditory hallucinations, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, catatonic, delrealization, delusions, dementia praecox, depersonalization, Depression, dysphoric mood, dysregulation, executive functioning, hallucinations, Mania, Manic, memory, motivation, neurocognition, non-bizarre delusions, paranoid, persecutory delusions, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, social withdrawal, spontaneous speech
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Schizophrenia, Downward Social Drift, and Interpersonal Adjustment
Everyday social encounters present people with schizophrenia a considerable amount of difficulty. They show significant impairment in both “instrumental relationships” and social-emotional relationships. This impairment is demonstrated by “downward social drift” and, perhaps more importantly, the fact that the majority … Continue reading
