Raskin - Chapter 4

Ascribes psychosis to overactivity of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway; this results in excess dopamine, which leads to over-attributing meaning (i.e., salience) to extraneous and irrelevant events.

A symptom of psychosis in which the person seems physically agitated/restless or catatonic (unresponsive to surroundings).

ICD-10 and ICD-11 equivalent diagnosis to the DSM-5’s brief psychotic disorder.

Look at rates of schizophrenia among siblings adopted early in life and reared in separate environments.

Negative symptom of psychosis that involves a reduction in speech; the person doesn’t say much.

Psychosis induced by taking large doses of amphetamines.

Negative symptom of psychosis in which the person gets little pleasure from previously enjoyed activities.

Drugs used to alleviate psychotic symptoms; they work by affecting neurotransmitters in the brain—typically dopamine; also called neuroleptics and major tranquilizers.

Negative symptom of psychosis in which a person lacks interest in social contact.

A way to organize services for those diagnosed with schizophrenia and other severe psychological disorders in which team members from a variety of professions work together to coordinate services for outpatients with schizophrenia and other chronic mental disorder diagnoses.

A proposed but unofficial DSM diagnosis for people whose behavior is odd or eccentric and might eventually develop into full-blown psychosis—but doesn’t yet technically qualify.

Antipsychotic drugs that are often thought to have fewer side effects than first-generation antipsychotics; also called second-generation antipsychotics (see separate entry).

Negative symptom of psychosis characterized by decreased motivation.

CBT technique used for psychosis in which patients test the reality of their delusional beliefs.

Behavioral technique in which the client role-plays how to act in specific social situations.