Flashcards in W14_07 adolescent psych 2 Deck (10):
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note: psychosis is not a diagnosis. It's a group of symptoms
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what are some psychosis symptoms?
delusions (fixed false beliefs);
hallucinations;
disorganized speech and behaviour
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note: severe mental illness is defined by significant impairment AND chronicity
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what are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
delusions, hallucinations
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what are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
alogia, avolition, affective flattening, ambivalence
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what are the subtypes of schizophrenia?
paranoid;
disorganized;
catatonic;
undifferentiated;
residual
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note: brief psychotic disorder is psychosis for 1 month
schizophreniform disorder is psychotic up to 6 months
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what are haloperidol, chlorpromazine, perphenazine?
the typical antipsychotics/neuroleptics
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what are risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, aripiprazole, clozapine?
atypical antipsychotics/neuroleptics. Used 90% of the time now
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