Chapter 12: Schizophrenia and related disorders

Question 1

Define:

Psychosis

Answer 1

state in which a person loses contact with reality

Question 2

Answer:

What mental disorder is psychosis most commonly associated with

Answer 2

schizophrenia

Question 3

Define:

schizophrenia

Answer 3

a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deterorates as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities

Question 4

Fill in the blank

1 in __ experience schizophrenia during lifetime

Answer 4

1 in 100 experience schizophrenia during lifetime

Question 5

Answer:

How many people worldwide suffer from schizophrenia

Answer 5

20 million

Question 6

True or false:

Men are more affected by schizophrenia than women

Answer 6

False

it affects them equally

Question 7

Answer:

what is the average onset of schizophrenia in men

Answer 7

23

Question 8

Answer:

when is the average onset of schizophrenia in women

Answer 8

28

Question 9

Define:

downward drift

Answer 9

once recieving the diagnosis it can be deibilitating to take care of oneself

Question 10

list:

symptoms of schizophrenia

5 points

Answer 10

• delusions
• hallucinations
• disorganized speech
• abnormal motor actiivy including catatonia
• negative symptoms

Question 11

define:

positive symptoms

Answer 11

symptoms that are added to the person

Question 12

List

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

4 points

Answer 12

• delusions
• disorganized thinking and speech
• heigthened perceptions and hallucinations
• inappropriate affect

Question 13

define

delusions

Answer 13

false beliefs held

Question 14

list:

types of delusions

4 types

Answer 14

• persecution
• reference
• grandeur
• control

Question 15

define

persecution delusion

Answer 15

paranoia delusions about people wanting to harm them

Question 16

define

reference delusions

Answer 16

finding hidden messages meant only for them

billboard giving a message
tv talking to them

Question 17

define:

Grandeur delusions

Answer 17

delusions that make people think they are amazing or unstoppable

i can dly
im the son of g-d

Question 18

define:

control delusions

Answer 18

thoughts of being controlled by others

Question 19

list

types of disorganized thinking/speech

4 points

Answer 19

• loose association or derailments
• neologisms
• preservation
• clang/rhymes

Question 20

define:

loose association

Answer 20

putting words together that don’t make sense

word salad

Question 21

define:

neologisms

Answer 21

new words that are made up

Question 22

define

preservation

Answer 22

stuck on something (word, idea, phrase) keep repeating it

Question 23

define:

clang or rhymes

Answer 23

loose associations in rhymes

Question 24

define:

Hallucinations

Answer 24

perceptions in the absence of external stimuli can occur together and or involve other senses

Question 25

# define: Inappropriate affect

Answer 25

situationally unsuitable Inappropriately reacting (over or under)

Question 26

# Define: Negative symptoms

Answer 26

symptoms that are losses for the person

Question 27

# list: negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 27

* pathological deficits * psychomotor symptoms

Question 28

# list: pathological deficits | 4 points

Answer 28

* poverty of speech (alogia) * restricted affect * loss of volition (avoiltion) * social withdrawal

Question 29

# define: poverty of speech

Answer 29

* reduction of quantity of speech or speech content * may say a lot but convey little information

Question 30

# define: restricted affect | 3 points

Answer 30

* show less emotion * avoidance of eye contact * immobile expressionless face

Question 31

# define: loss of volition (avolition) | 3 points

Answer 31

* feeling drained of energy and interest in normal goals * inability to start or follow through on a corse of action * ambivalence: conflicted feeling about most things

Question 32

# define social withdrawal | 3 points

Answer 32

* illogical confused ideas * withdrawal from social environemnt and attention only to own ideas and fantasies * withdrawal leading to social skill breakdown, including ability to accurately recognize needs and emtions of others

Question 33

# define psychomotor symptoms

Answer 33

* awkward movements, repeated grimaces and odd gestures * catatonia

Question 34

# define: Catatonia

Answer 34

stupor, rigidity, posturing, and excitment

Question 35

# answer what two groups of ages does schizophrenia first appear

Answer 35

late teens early thirties

Question 36

# list 3 phases of schizophrenia

Answer 36

* prodromal * active * residual

Question 37

# define: prodromal phase

Answer 37

beginning deterioration; mild symptoms

Question 38

# define: Active phase

Answer 38

symptoms become apparent

Question 39

# define: residual phrase

Answer 39

return to prodromal-like levels

Question 40

# define: Type I schizophrenia

Answer 40

dominated by positive symptoms

Question 41

# define: diathesis- stress

Answer 41

stress perspective that suggests genetic vulnerability is not enough, environmental stressors also play a part

Question 42

# true or false: people who are biologically related to someone with schizophrenia have a lessened risk of developing the disorder

Answer 42

False

Question 43

# define: dopamine hypothesis

Answer 43

certain neurons using dopamine fire too often | produces symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 44

# answer: how are viruses related to schizophrenia

Answer 44

exposure to viruses prenatal interupts fetal brain development

Question 45

# define fromm-Reichmann schizophrenogenic mothers

Answer 45

mother was cold and unresponsive to young child | little research to support it