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AN EXPLORATION INTO THE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

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2018
Abstract/Description:
This research focuses on examining the neurological similarities between schizophrenia and major depressive disorder with psychotic features in order to compare the manifestations of psychosis in each disorder. Both disorders often involve symptoms of psychosis, although the overall disorders are very different from each other. The hypothesis for this research is that the neurological similarities between schizophrenia and major depressive disorder with psychotic features will provide researchers with the strategies needed to develop a treatment for psychotic symptoms. In order to test this hypothesis, five related studies were gathered for each disorder, and three studies were gathered for psychosis. These studies were then analyzed to pinpoint any similarities among factors for psychosis, and this analysis allowed for the determination of whether or not the hypothesis would be rejected. The results indicated that a lot of the similarities between the two disorders cannot be verified because of the lack of substantial research.
Title: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER.
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Name(s): Michael-Samaroo, Kyndester I, Author
Sugaya, Kimonobu, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: This research focuses on examining the neurological similarities between schizophrenia and major depressive disorder with psychotic features in order to compare the manifestations of psychosis in each disorder. Both disorders often involve symptoms of psychosis, although the overall disorders are very different from each other. The hypothesis for this research is that the neurological similarities between schizophrenia and major depressive disorder with psychotic features will provide researchers with the strategies needed to develop a treatment for psychotic symptoms. In order to test this hypothesis, five related studies were gathered for each disorder, and three studies were gathered for psychosis. These studies were then analyzed to pinpoint any similarities among factors for psychosis, and this analysis allowed for the determination of whether or not the hypothesis would be rejected. The results indicated that a lot of the similarities between the two disorders cannot be verified because of the lack of substantial research.
Identifier: CFH2000548 (IID), ucf:45669 (fedora)
Note(s): 2018-12-01
B.S.
College of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences
Bachelors
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Subject(s): psychosis
schizophrenia
major depressive disorder with psychotic features
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000548
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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