032315 review of day 2

Question 1

criteria for schizophrenia

Answer 1

one month of symptoms, six months of dysfxn

Question 2

criteria for schizophreniform disorder

Answer 2

one month of symptoms and less than 6 months of dysfxn

Question 3

brief psychotic disorder criteria

Answer 3

psychotic symptoms less than 1 month

Question 4

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 4

agitation
disorganized thought/speech
hallucinations
delusions

Question 5

negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 5

abulia (lack of initiative)
affective flattening
alogia (poverty of speech)
anergia
anhedonia

Question 6

schizophrenia-dopamine hypothesis

Answer 6

dopamine hyperactivity in mesolimbic region and hypoactivity is mesocortical region

Question 7

psychotherapy tx for schizophrenia

Answer 7

assertive community tx

psycho-ed: regular biological rhytms, medication adherence, avoidance of substances of abuse esp cannabis

social skills training

family therapy-decrease expressed emotion

Question 8

antipsychotics-effectiveness at treating positive symptoms?

Answer 8

typical and atypical are good

the four positive symptoms remit at different rate (delusion is slowest)

Question 9

clozapine is unique among both typical and atypical antipsychotics b/c?

Answer 9

superior efficacy

decreases suicide