schizophrenia

Question 1

what is schizophrenia

Answer 1

a disorder characterized by deteriorating personality and psychosocial functioning
long term inability to tell what is real and not real

Question 2

onset

Answer 2

late adolescents to early adulthood

Question 3

cause

Answer 3

unknown but can be influenced by altered brain chemistry, genetics or family Hx, environmental stress, substance abuse

Question 4

what are positive symptoms

Answer 4

experiencing things that shouldn’t be there

Question 5

what are negative symptoms

Answer 5

lack of symptoms that should be there

Question 6

examples of positive symptoms

Answer 6

hallucination
delusions
disorganized thinking

Question 7

examples of negative symptoms

Answer 7

flat or blunted affect
isolation or apathy
anergia or anhedonia
reduced speech

Question 8

physical symptoms

Answer 8

catatonia (change in muscle activity)
catatonic stupor (motionless) or excitatory (restless)

Question 9

diagnostic

Answer 9

2 or more symptoms (1 has to be a positive symptom) for at least 1 month and 6 month of continual disturbance of physical symptoms

Question 10

medication

Answer 10

antipsychotics

Question 11

medication for acute phase

Answer 11

antipsychotics or benzo’s

Question 12

treatment for stable phase

Answer 12

antipsychotics

stress techniques

Question 13

what is the goal during the acute phase

Answer 13

reduce psychotic thoughts and behaviors

Question 14

what is the goal in the stable phase

Answer 14

prevent relapse
minimize symptoms
family support

Question 15

what are delusions

Answer 15

fixed, false beliefs

Question 16

list the different hallucination types

Answer 16

auditory
olfactory
tactile
visual
gustatory

Question 17

delusion types

Answer 17

grandeur
persecution
jealousy

Question 18

what is the priority when dealing with a patient with hallucination or delusion

Answer 18

safety