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Chapter 1.

Introduction

Student Video Activities for Abnormal Psychology
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A Clinical Picture of Schizophrenia

Author: Ronald J. Comer

Princeton University

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1.1 A Clinical Picture of Schizophrenia

This video focuses on a young man with schizophrenia. First, the man, a former policeman, is interviewed in the hospital. Later, he is seen sitting down and talking to his father during a home visit. The man reveals delusions of persecution and grandiosity, disorganized thinking, loose associations (derailment), motor symptoms, and inappropriate affect.

1.2 Check Your Understanding

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1. The man in this video case manifests schizophrenia. The delusions he displays are primarily delusions of ___________.

2. In addition to delusions, the man in the video case also displays each of the following symptoms of schizophrenia, except:

3. When the man in the video case talks a great deal about the painting on the wall, but says little of substance or clarity about it, he is displaying ____________.

4. According to the textbook, the man in this video case is more likely than other people to ____________.

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