Department of PsychologyMICHAEL A.Department of PsychologyPCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in PsychotherapyWesterman, M.A. (2014). The case of "Kate" and her pseudohallucinations from the perspective of interpersonal defense theory: An example of using case formulations as the key guide for ...
Waxy flexibility is a negative symptom as it is characterized with a lack of response to stimuli. The patient retreats within rather than actively showing any 'added' or positive symptoms, such as hallucinations or impulsive movements. What is an example of catatonic behavior?
The project (based at Durham University and funded by the Wellcome Trust) explores the phenomenon of hearing voices without external stimuli (auditory verbal hallucinations), and it has drawn attention to the relevance of premodern narratives for voice-hearers in the present, and to the ...
According to Coon and Mitterer‚ (2010) paranoid schizophrenia is schizophrenia marked by a preoccupation with delusions or by frequent auditory hallucinations related to a single theme‚ especially grandeur or prosecution. In simple terms‚ the patients with this disease have false beliefs (...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) first got its name because researchers thought it was in the middle of psychotic illnesses and neurotic disorders (“Treating borderline personality disorders,” 2010). Scientists think there is a direct correlation with the receptors in the brain responsible for ...
Which of the following is not a symptom of burnout? (a) withdrawal into hallucinations and delusions (b) feeling exhausted and "used up" (c) feelings of reduced personal accomplishment (d) detachment from others. Which of the following...
K.A: He is a man in his 30s and was one of the main informants. He suffered from hallucinations and sleeping disorders. Furthermore, he had a series of dreams. These dreams were like a consecutive story. He is considered to have saka as he inherited the gift of traditional dance ...
In hallucinations resulting from cortical lesions, intrinsic cortical hyperexcitability may complement attentional mechanisms in generating corticofugal input to thalamic relay cells. The influence of automatic attentional mechanisms may be underestimated in normal psychology and explain the loss of the magic...
Physicians in the early 19th century started to diagnose forms of insanity that involved disturbed emotions and behaviors but seemingly without significant intellectual impairment or delusions or hallucinations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license....
euphoria, megalomania, high levels of activation, rapid confused speech, distractibility, hypersexuality, hyper religiousness, extravagance, hallucinations and delirium are characteristic of classical bipolar disorder; such a typical clinical pattern occurs, as a rule, in late adolescence and in adults....