Schizophrenic dementia characterized by ...

Schizophrenic dementia characterized by decreased energy potential, emotional impoverishment, attained a degree of emotional obtuseness. Irregularity is found violations of intellectual processes: in the absence of significant disturbances of memory, a sufficient level of formal knowledge of the patient is completely socially maladjusted, helpless in practical affairs. Noted autism, violation of the unity of the mental process (signs of splitting of the psyche) in combination with inactivity and unproductive. Affective syndromes Manic syndrome in its classical version includes a triad of psychological symptoms: 1) improving mood, 2) accelerating the flow of representations, and 3) speech-motor stimulation. This - obligate (main and constantly present) symptoms syndrome. Increased affect affects all aspects of mental activity, which is manifested by secondary, non-permanent (optional) attributes mania. Noted an unusual brightness perception of the environment in memory processes are phenomena gipermnezii in thinking - a tendency to overestimate its capabilities and its own personality, transient delusions of grandeur, in emotional reactions - anger, a strong-willed field - strengthening of desires, drives, fast switchable attention; mimicry , pantomime and the whole appearance of the patient's express joy. Depressive symptoms manifested by the triad of obligate symptoms: depressed mood, slowing the flow of ideas-Niemi, speech motor inhibition. Optional features of the first depressive syndrome: a perception - hypesthesia, illusory, derealization and depersonalization phenomena; mnestic in the process - a sense of familiarity violation; in thinking - overvalued and hypochondriac delusions of content, self-blame, self-deprecation, self-incrimination, in the emotional sphere - the reaction of anxiety and fear; motor-volitional disorders vklyucha'yut suppression of desires and impulses, suicidal tendencies, sad facial expression and posture, a soft voice. Anxiety-depressive syndrome (syndrome of agitated depression), manic stupor and unproductive mania in origin are the so-called mixed state, the transition from depression to mania and vice versa. The traditional classical depression and mania psychopathological triad is violated, the effective syndrome loses some of its properties and acquired attributes polar opposite affective states. Thus, the syndrome of agitated depression, rather than motor inhibition is present agitation, which is characteristic of mania. The syndrome is characterized by manic stupor motor inhibition under elevated mood; patients with unproductive mania marked elevated mood, motor disinhibition in conjunction with zamed.peniem pace of thinking. Depressive-paranoid syndrome attributed to abnormal levels for affective states.