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==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
===Hallucinations=== | ===Hallucinations=== | ||
Hallucinations are defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. They are different from [[illusion]]s, or perceptual distortions, which are the misconception of external stimuli.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hallucinate&searchmode=none |title=hallucinate |accessmonthday=October 15 |accessyear=2006 |last=Harper |first= Douglas |year=2001 |month=November |work=Online Etymology Dictionary }}</ref> Hallucinations may occur in any of the five senses and take on almost any form, which may include simple sensations (such as lights, colors, tastes, and smells) to more meaningful experiences such as seeing and interacting with fully formed animals and people, hearing voices and complex tactile sensations. | [[Hallucinations]] are defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. They are different from [[illusion]]s, or perceptual distortions, which are the misconception of external stimuli.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hallucinate&searchmode=none |title=hallucinate |accessmonthday=October 15 |accessyear=2006 |last=Harper |first= Douglas |year=2001 |month=November |work=Online Etymology Dictionary }}</ref> Hallucinations may occur in any of the five senses and take on almost any form, which may include simple sensations (such as lights, colors, tastes, and smells) to more meaningful experiences such as seeing and interacting with fully formed animals and people, hearing voices and complex tactile sensations. | ||
Auditory hallucinations, particularly the experience of hearing voices, are a common and often prominent feature of psychosis. Hallucinated voices may talk about, or to the person, and may involve several speakers with distinct personas. Auditory hallucinations tend to be particularly distressing when they are derogatory, commanding or preoccupying. However, the experience of hearing voices need not always be a negative one. Research has shown that the majority of people who hear voices are not in need of psychiatric help.<ref>{{cite web| last = Honig| first = A | authorlink = | coauthors = Romme MA, Ensink BJ, Escher SD, Pennings MH, deVries MW | title = Auditory hallucinations: a comparison between patients and nonpatients | work = Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | publisher = | date = 1998 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9788642 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-08-19 }}</ref> The [[Hearing Voices Movement]] has subsequently been created to support voice hearers, regardless of whether they are considered to have a mental illness or not. | [[Auditory hallucinations]], particularly the experience of hearing voices, are a common and often prominent feature of [[psychosis]]. Hallucinated voices may talk about, or to the person, and may involve several speakers with distinct personas. Auditory hallucinations tend to be particularly distressing when they are derogatory, commanding or preoccupying. However, the experience of hearing voices need not always be a negative one. Research has shown that the majority of people who hear voices are not in need of psychiatric help.<ref>{{cite web| last = Honig| first = A | authorlink = | coauthors = Romme MA, Ensink BJ, Escher SD, Pennings MH, deVries MW | title = Auditory hallucinations: a comparison between patients and nonpatients | work = Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | publisher = | date = 1998 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9788642 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-08-19 }}</ref> The [[Hearing Voices Movement]] has subsequently been created to support voice hearers, regardless of whether they are considered to have a mental illness or not. | ||
=== Delusions and paranoia === | === Delusions and paranoia === | ||
Psychosis may involve [[delusion]]al or [[paranoia|paranoid]] beliefs. [[Karl Jaspers]] classified psychotic delusions into ''primary'' and ''secondary'' types. Primary delusions are defined as arising out of the blue and not being comprehensible in terms of normal mental processes, whereas secondary delusions may be understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation (e.g., ethnic or sexual discrimination, religious beliefs, superstitious belief).<ref name="Jaspers">{{cite book | last = Jaspers | first = Karl | authorlink = Karl Jaspers | others = Translated by J. Hoenig & M.W. Hamilton from German | title = Allgemeine Psychopathologie (General Psychopathology) | origyear = 1963 | edition = Reprint edition | date = 1997-11-27 | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | location = Baltimore, Maryland | language = English | id = ISBN 0-8018-5775-9}}</ref> | Psychosis may involve [[delusion]]al or [[paranoia|paranoid]] beliefs. [[Karl Jaspers]] classified psychotic delusions into ''primary'' and ''secondary'' types. Primary delusions are defined as arising out of the blue and not being comprehensible in terms of normal [[mental]] processes, whereas secondary [[delusions]] may be understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation (e.g., ethnic or [[Sexual activity|sexual]] discrimination, religious beliefs, superstitious belief).<ref name="Jaspers">{{cite book | last = Jaspers | first = Karl | authorlink = Karl Jaspers | others = Translated by J. Hoenig & M.W. Hamilton from German | title = Allgemeine Psychopathologie (General Psychopathology) | origyear = 1963 | edition = Reprint edition | date = 1997-11-27 | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | location = Baltimore, Maryland | language = English | id = ISBN 0-8018-5775-9}}</ref> | ||
=== Thought disorder === | === Thought disorder === | ||
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=== Lack of insight === | === Lack of insight === | ||
One important and puzzling feature of psychosis is usually an accompanying lack of insight into the unusual, strange, or bizarre nature of the person's experience or behaviour.<ref name="Carpenter_et_al_1973">{{cite journal | last = Carpenter | first = William T., Jr., John S. Strauss, and John J. Bartko | date = [[December 21]], [[1973]] | title = Flexible system for the diagnosis of schizophrenia: Report from the WHO international pilot study of schizophrenia | journal = Science | volume = 182 | issue = 4118 | pages = 1275-1278 | doi = 10.1126/science.182.4118.1275 | id = {{PMID|4752222}} | url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/182/4118/1275 | format = [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/182/4118/1275 PDF] | accessdate = 2006-10-21}}</ref> Even in the case of an acute psychosis, people may be completely unaware that their vivid hallucinations and impossible delusions are in any way unrealistic. This is not an absolute, however; insight can vary between individuals and throughout the duration of the psychotic episode. | One important and puzzling feature of [[psychosis]] is usually an accompanying lack of insight into the unusual, strange, or bizarre nature of the person's experience or behaviour.<ref name="Carpenter_et_al_1973">{{cite journal | last = Carpenter | first = William T., Jr., John S. Strauss, and John J. Bartko | date = [[December 21]], [[1973]] | title = Flexible system for the diagnosis of schizophrenia: Report from the WHO international pilot study of schizophrenia | journal = Science | volume = 182 | issue = 4118 | pages = 1275-1278 | doi = 10.1126/science.182.4118.1275 | id = {{PMID|4752222}} | url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/182/4118/1275 | format = [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/182/4118/1275 PDF] | accessdate = 2006-10-21}}</ref> Even in the case of an acute psychosis, people may be completely unaware that their vivid [[hallucinations]] and impossible [[delusions]] are in any way unrealistic. This is not an absolute, however; insight can vary between individuals and throughout the duration of the psychotic episode. | ||
It was previously believed that lack of insight was related to general cognitive dysfunction<ref name="Lysaker_et_al_1994">{{cite journal | last = Lysaker | first = Paul H. | coauthors = Morris D. Bell | year = 1994 | month = November | title = Insight and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Performance on repeated administrations of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test | journal = Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | volume = 182 | issue = 11 | pages = 656-660 | id = {{PMID|7964675}}}}</ref> or to avoidant coping style.<ref name="Lysaker_et_al_2003">{{cite journal | last = Lysaker | first = Paul H. | coauthors = Gary J. Bryson, Rebecca S. Lancaster, Jovier D. Evans and Morris D. Bell | date = [[January 1]], [[2003]] | title = Insight in schizophrenia: associations with executive function and coping style | journal = Schizophrenia Research | volume = 59 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-47 | doi = 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00383-8 | id = {{PMID|12413641}} | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=pubmed_Abstract&cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=12413641&dopt=ExternalLink | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> Later studies have found no statistical relationship between insight and cognitive function, either in groups of people who only have schizophrenia,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Freudenreich | first = Oliver | coauthors = Thilo Deckersbach and Donald C. Goff | year = 2004 | month = July | title = Insight into current symptoms of schizophrenia. Association with frontal cortical function and affect | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 110 | issue = 1 | pages = 14-20 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00319.x | id = {{PMID|15180775}} | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00319.x | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> or in groups of psychotic people from various diagnostic categories.<ref name="Cuesta_et_al_2006">{{cite journal | last = Cuesta | first = Manuel J. | coauthors = Victor Peralta, Amalia Zarzuela, and Maria Zandio | date = [[May 31]], [[2006]] | title = Insight dimensions and cognitive function in psychosis: a longitudinal study | journal = BMC Psychiatry | volume = 6 | pages = 26-35 | doi = 10.1186/1471-244X-6-26 | id = {{PMID|16737523}} | url = http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/6/26 | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> | It was previously believed that lack of [[Insightec|insight]] was related to general [[cognitive]] dysfunction<ref name="Lysaker_et_al_1994">{{cite journal | last = Lysaker | first = Paul H. | coauthors = Morris D. Bell | year = 1994 | month = November | title = Insight and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Performance on repeated administrations of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test | journal = Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | volume = 182 | issue = 11 | pages = 656-660 | id = {{PMID|7964675}}}}</ref> or to avoidant coping style.<ref name="Lysaker_et_al_2003">{{cite journal | last = Lysaker | first = Paul H. | coauthors = Gary J. Bryson, Rebecca S. Lancaster, Jovier D. Evans and Morris D. Bell | date = [[January 1]], [[2003]] | title = Insight in schizophrenia: associations with executive function and coping style | journal = Schizophrenia Research | volume = 59 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-47 | doi = 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00383-8 | id = {{PMID|12413641}} | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=pubmed_Abstract&cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=12413641&dopt=ExternalLink | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> Later studies have found no statistical relationship between insight and cognitive function, either in groups of people who only have [[schizophrenia]],<ref>{{cite journal | last = Freudenreich | first = Oliver | coauthors = Thilo Deckersbach and Donald C. Goff | year = 2004 | month = July | title = Insight into current symptoms of schizophrenia. Association with frontal cortical function and affect | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 110 | issue = 1 | pages = 14-20 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00319.x | id = {{PMID|15180775}} | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00319.x | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> or in groups of psychotic people from various diagnostic categories.<ref name="Cuesta_et_al_2006">{{cite journal | last = Cuesta | first = Manuel J. | coauthors = Victor Peralta, Amalia Zarzuela, and Maria Zandio | date = [[May 31]], [[2006]] | title = Insight dimensions and cognitive function in psychosis: a longitudinal study | journal = BMC Psychiatry | volume = 6 | pages = 26-35 | doi = 10.1186/1471-244X-6-26 | id = {{PMID|16737523}} | url = http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/6/26 | accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref> | ||
In some cases, particularly with auditory and visual hallucinations, the person experiencing the hallucinations has good insight, which may make the psychotic experience even more terrifying because the person realizes that he or she should not be hearing voices, but is. | In some cases, particularly with auditory and visual hallucinations, the person experiencing the hallucinations has good insight, which may make the psychotic experience even more terrifying because the person realizes that he or she should not be hearing voices, but is. | ||
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History and Symptoms
Hallucinations
Hallucinations are defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. They are different from illusions, or perceptual distortions, which are the misconception of external stimuli.[1] Hallucinations may occur in any of the five senses and take on almost any form, which may include simple sensations (such as lights, colors, tastes, and smells) to more meaningful experiences such as seeing and interacting with fully formed animals and people, hearing voices and complex tactile sensations.
Auditory hallucinations, particularly the experience of hearing voices, are a common and often prominent feature of psychosis. Hallucinated voices may talk about, or to the person, and may involve several speakers with distinct personas. Auditory hallucinations tend to be particularly distressing when they are derogatory, commanding or preoccupying. However, the experience of hearing voices need not always be a negative one. Research has shown that the majority of people who hear voices are not in need of psychiatric help.[2] The Hearing Voices Movement has subsequently been created to support voice hearers, regardless of whether they are considered to have a mental illness or not.
Delusions and paranoia
Psychosis may involve delusional or paranoid beliefs. Karl Jaspers classified psychotic delusions into primary and secondary types. Primary delusions are defined as arising out of the blue and not being comprehensible in terms of normal mental processes, whereas secondary delusions may be understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation (e.g., ethnic or sexual discrimination, religious beliefs, superstitious belief).[3]
Thought disorder
Formal thought disorder describes an underlying disturbance to conscious thought and is classified largely by its effects on speech and writing. Affected persons may show pressure of speech (speaking incessantly and quickly), derailment or flight of ideas (switching topic mid-sentence or inappropriately), thought blocking, and rhyming or punning.
Lack of insight
One important and puzzling feature of psychosis is usually an accompanying lack of insight into the unusual, strange, or bizarre nature of the person's experience or behaviour.[4] Even in the case of an acute psychosis, people may be completely unaware that their vivid hallucinations and impossible delusions are in any way unrealistic. This is not an absolute, however; insight can vary between individuals and throughout the duration of the psychotic episode.
It was previously believed that lack of insight was related to general cognitive dysfunction[5] or to avoidant coping style.[6] Later studies have found no statistical relationship between insight and cognitive function, either in groups of people who only have schizophrenia,[7] or in groups of psychotic people from various diagnostic categories.[8]
In some cases, particularly with auditory and visual hallucinations, the person experiencing the hallucinations has good insight, which may make the psychotic experience even more terrifying because the person realizes that he or she should not be hearing voices, but is.
References
- ↑ Harper, Douglas (2001). "hallucinate". Online Etymology Dictionary. Unknown parameter
|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Honig, A (1998). "Auditory hallucinations: a comparison between patients and nonpatients". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Retrieved 2006-08-19. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Jaspers, Karl (1997-11-27) [1963]. Allgemeine Psychopathologie (General Psychopathology). Translated by J. Hoenig & M.W. Hamilton from German (Reprint edition ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5775-9.
- ↑ Carpenter, William T., Jr., John S. Strauss, and John J. Bartko (December 21, 1973). "Flexible system for the diagnosis of schizophrenia: Report from the WHO international pilot study of schizophrenia" (PDF). Science. 182 (4118): 1275–1278. doi:10.1126/science.182.4118.1275. PMID 4752222. Retrieved 2006-10-21. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Lysaker, Paul H. (1994). "Insight and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Performance on repeated administrations of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 182 (11): 656–660. PMID 7964675. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Lysaker, Paul H. (January 1, 2003). "Insight in schizophrenia: associations with executive function and coping style". Schizophrenia Research. 59 (1): 41–47. doi:10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00383-8. PMID 12413641. Retrieved 2006-10-22. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Freudenreich, Oliver (2004). "Insight into current symptoms of schizophrenia. Association with frontal cortical function and affect". Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 110 (1): 14–20. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00319.x. PMID 15180775. Retrieved 2006-10-22. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Cuesta, Manuel J. (May 31, 2006). "Insight dimensions and cognitive function in psychosis: a longitudinal study". BMC Psychiatry. 6: 26–35. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-6-26. PMID 16737523. Retrieved 2006-10-22. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Check date values in:|date=(help)