psychology Final     false beliefs maintained even when clearly out of touch with reality

1. Delusions

false beliefs maintained even when clearly out of touch with reality. (a belief, one cannot argue)

2. hallucinations

vividly real auditory or visual distortions

3. paranoid schizophrenia

dominated by delusions or persecution, along with delusions of grandeur

4. catotonic schizophrenia

marked by highly disturbed movements or actions, rigidity or random motor activity, or waxy flexibility

5. disorganized schizophrenia

marked by deterioration r adaptive behavior; disorganized speech, laughing, giggling, crying for no reason, social withdrawal.

6. undifferentiated schizophrenia

contains characteristics from each of the other types. fairly common

7. 90-95%

% of eating disorder patients that are females.

8. 5-10%

% of eating disorder patients that are males.

9. psychiatrist

a medical doctor who specializes in psychiatry and can use medical procedures, such as prescribing of medication, to treat psychological disorders.

10. insight therapy

a therapy that improves symptoms of psychological disorder by building the patients or clients understanding of his or her situation.