PSYU3334 Week 6: Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatric Conditions || with 100% Error-free Answers.

What is a neuropsychiatric condition? correct answers disorders that substantially impact brain functioning and significantly disrupt emotions, thinking and behaviour Why are neuropsychiatric conditions important for neuropsychology? correct answers - affect a lot of people - illustrate 2-way street between brain and behaviour - central to many neuropsychology referrals What percentage of people have been affected by a mental condition? correct answers 45% of Australians aged 16-85, 20% in the last 12 months What are the 4 primary symptoms of schizophrenia as set out by Bleuler (1908)? correct answers associations - weird associations affect - blunted (not much going on) ambivalence - mixed and contradictory feelings autism - turning away from the outside world and staying within Who developed the body type approach to diagnosis? correct answers Ernst Kretschmer What is an asthenic type? correct answers thin, tall and weak - prone to schizophrenia, more likely to be involved in petty theft What is a pyknic type? correct answers squat and fleshy build - prone to bipolar disorder, likely to be involved in petty theft, fraud and violent crimes What is the athletic type? correct answers your typical athletic build, more likely to be involved in violent crimes What is a 1st rank symptom (Schneider)? correct answers symptoms specific to schizophrenia What are examples of 1st rank symptoms? correct answers - auditory halls (thought echo) - hearing voices about you and your actions - thought insertion and withdrawal - thought broadcasting - everyone can see what you are thinking - passivity experiences (not in control of yourself) - delusional personalisation of perceptions (incidental stuff is specific to them) What are 2nd rank symptoms? correct answers indicative of a psychiatric disorder but not necessarily schizophrenia What are examples of 2nd rank symptoms? correct answers sudden delusional ideas, perplexity, depressive and euphoric mood changes, emotional impoverishment