42. Schizophrenia

Question 1

split minds, not multiple personalities but rather to split from reality

Answer 1

schizophrenia

Question 2

shows itself as 1. ________ perceptions, 2. ________ thinking in 3. _______, and 4. _______ or 5. __________ emotions

Answer 2

1. disturbed
2. disorganized
3. speech
4. diminished
5. inappropriate

Question 3

may have ________

Answer 3

hallucinations

Question 4

false sensory

Answer 4

hallucinations

Question 5

examples of hallucinations? (3)

Answer 5

1. auditory
2. touch
3. visual

Question 6

false beliefs or perceptions that are often grand and persecutional (paranoid or ‘seeing signals’ when none are present)

Answer 6

delusions

Question 7

what are the two types of schizophrenia?

Answer 7

1. inappropriate/reverse emotions (positive)

2. emotional flatness and having trouble reading others (negative)

Question 8

setting in slowly overtime, unlikely recovery

Answer 8

chronic schizophrenia

Question 9

sudden onset — recovery far more likely due to major life stresses

Answer 9

acute schizophrenia

Question 10

schizophrenia may turn into ______

Answer 10

psychosis

Question 11

irrationally and lost contact w/ reality

Answer 11

psychosis

Question 12

schizophrenic patients are often 1. _______ by 2. _______; 3. ______ to focus`

Answer 12

1. distracted
2. stimuli
3. unable

Question 13

schizophrenic patients on average have 1. __ times the amount of 2. ________ – 3. __ receptors; believed to possibly be an overstimulation

Answer 13

1. 6
2. dopamine
3. 4

Question 14

showcase 1. _______ frontal lobe 2. ______ (logic and judgment)

Answer 14

1. diminished

2. activity

Question 15

brain 1. __________, there is 2. _____ buildup in parts of the brain and 3. _________ in other parts

Answer 15

1. structure
2. fluid
3. shrinkage

Question 16

seem to increase the risk of schizophrenia (1% – 2% rate increase)

Answer 16

maternal viruses

Question 17

1 in 100 odds jump to 1 in 1. ___ if 2. ___ of the 3. ______ are schizophrenic

Answer 17

1. ten
2. one
3. parents