Psych 101 Lecture; November 30, 2007 Schizoid affective personality disorder (William Kurelek) Lonely, isolated, timid, shy Good in school; interest in the arts Imaginative and idealistic Feeling s of inferiority Discomfort in interpersonal relations Can lead to schizophrenia Edvard Munch 1863-1944 Mom and sister died early of tuberculosis The Shriek, The Cry, The Scream Treated for paranoia and depression Art and Psychiatry 3. Prognosis through art Louis Wain 1860 1939, Paranoid Schizophrenia Happy cat pictures to alarmed to complicated pattern Vincent Van Gogh 1853 1890 Named after his dead brother, nephew name after him. Said to have suffered from Epilepsy, alcoholism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. 40 self-portrait in 5 years starry starry night Don McLean Geschswind s syndrome A form of temporal lobe epilepsy; Between seizures- a severe personality disorder with periodic aggression, paranoia, hallucinations. Hyperreligiosity-lay preacher Confused sexual identity Hypergraphia 200 paintings, 200 drawings, 100 letters in 15 months. Anxiety Disorders Obsessive-compulsive Disorders (OCD) About one in forty people, equally in man and woman Causes: Environmental <a href="/keyword/genetic-predisposition/" >genetic predisposition</a> Biochemical low levels of serotonin Treatment: anxiety agents (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) STRESS HEALTH MODULE!!