Chapter 12 Quiz Flashcards
(13 cards)
Symptoms in schizophrenia that are abnormalities resulting from the loss of normal functions are called ______________ symptoms.
negative
Lowered neural activity in the frontal lobes observed in individuals with schizophrenia is called _____________________.
hypofrontality
The ___________ gene, implicated in schizophrenia, is known to participate in synaptic plasticity.
DISC1
When penicillin was discovered to cure syphilis, the delusions and paralytic dementia of the patients also disappeared after treatment. This finding opened the door to __________________ explanations for other mental illnesses
biological
True/False: Schizophrenia is caused by a single, recessive gene.
False
Evidence for the heritability of schizophrenia can be seen in _________________ studies.
adoption
Family Studies of schizophrenia reveal that schizophrenia is _________ evident among first-degree relatives (e.g., parents/siblings) of patients than it is among more distant relatives.
more
Concordance rates of schizophrenia among fraternal (dizygotic) twins is about ________%.
17
True/False: Benzodiazepines are GABA antagonists.
False
People who suffer from PTSD have reduced levels of the stress hormone ______________ even though they become more sensitive to it.
cortisol
_________________ behavioral therapy, a type of psychotherapy aimed at correcting negative thinking and improving interpersonal relationships, is about as effective as SSRI treatment.
Cognitive
Some children who have experience a strep infection later developed symptoms of __________.
OCD
SSRIs does NOT work in the brain by increasing production of dopamine or reducing cortisol or dampening down the action of the sympathetic nervous system.
