schizo

Question 1

______ is a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations and disturbances in thought, perception and behavior.

Answer 1

Schizophrenia

Question 2

It causes distorted and bizarre thoughts perceptions, emotions, movements, and behavior. It is characterized by deteriorating personality.

Answer 2

Schizophrenia

Question 3

Schizophrenia is usually diagnosed in ____ or ____

Answer 3

late adolescence
early adulthood

Question 4

It is rare in childhood. It affects men and women equally

Answer 4

Schizophrenia

Question 5

Schizophrenia affects _____ years old for men and ______ years of age for women.

Answer 5

15 to 25 years old for men
25 to 35 years of age for women

Question 6

a category of symptoms that is caused by excessive Dopamine in Mesolimbic Tract

Answer 6

Positive Symptoms

Question 7

Positive Symptoms is caused by _____ in _____

Answer 7

excessive Dopamine in
Mesolimbic Tract

Question 8

a category of l Symptoms that is Caused by Too Little Dopamine in Mesocortical Tract

Answer 8

Negative Symptoms

Question 9

Negative symptoms is Caused by _____ in ______

Answer 9

Too Little Dopamine in
Mesocortical Tract

Question 10

overlapping phases of the disorder where the patient experiences severe psychotic symptoms

Answer 10

Acute phase

Question 11

overlapping phases of the disorder where the patient is getting better

Answer 11

Stabilizing phase

Question 12

Overlapping phase where the patient might still experience hallucinations and delusions ( but not as severe or disabling as they were during the acute phase)

Answer 12

Stable phase

Question 13

holding seemingly contradictory beliefs or feelings about the same person, event or situation.

Answer 13

Ambivalence

Question 14

fragmented or poorly related thoughts and ideas

Answer 14

Associative looseness

Question 15

fixed false beliefs that has no basis in reality

Answer 15

Delusions

Question 16

continuous flow of verbalization in which the person jumps rapidly from one topic to another .

Answer 16

Flight of ideas

Question 17

imitation in the movements and gestures of another person whom the client is observing.

Answer 17

Echopraxia

Question 18

false sensory perception that do not exist in reality

Answer 18

Hallucinations

Question 19

false impressions that external events have special meaning for the person.

Answer 19

Ideas of reference

Question 20

persistent adherence to single idea or topic, verbal repetition of a sentence, word or phrase resisting attempts to change the topic.

Answer 20

Perseveration

Question 21

tendency to speak very little or to convey little substance of meaning (poverty of content)

Answer 21

Alogia

Question 22

feeling no joy or pleasure from life or any activities or relationship.

Answer 22

Anhedonia

Question 23

feeling of indifference toward people, activities and events

Answer 23

Apathy

Question 24

restricted range or emotional feeling, tone or mood.

Answer 24

Blunted affect

Question 25

psychologically induced immobility occasionally marked by periods of agitation or excitement, the client seems motionless as if in a trance.

Answer 25

Catatonia

Question 26

absence of any facial expression that would indicate emotions or mood.

Answer 26

Flat affect

Question 27

absence of will, ambition, or drive to take action or accomplish tasks.

Answer 27

Lack of volition

Question 28

characterized by persecutory (feeling victimized or spied on) or grandiose delusions, hallucinations, and occasionally excessive religiosity (delusional religious focus ) or hostile and aggressive behavior.

Answer 28

Paranoid type

Question 29

feeling victimized or spied on

Answer 29

persecutory

Question 30

delusional religious focus

Answer 30

religiosity

Question 31

characterized by grossly inappropriate or flat affect , incoherence loose associations, and extremely disorganized behavior.

Answer 31

Disorganized type

Question 32

characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor activity.

Answer 32

Catatonic type

Question 33

the most common type of hallucination, involve hearing sounds most often voices talking to or about the client

Answer 33

Auditory

Question 34

type of hallucinations: are voices demanding that the client take action often to harm self or others and are considered dangerous.

Answer 34

Command hallucinations

Question 35

involve seing images that do not exist at all such as lights or dead person or distortions such as seing a frightening monster instead of the nurse. they are second most common type of hallucination.

Answer 35

Visual hallucination

Question 36

involve smells or odors. They maybe a specific scent such as urine or feces, or a more general scent such as rotten or rancid odor.

Answer 36

Olfactory

Question 37

refer to sensation such as electricity running running through the body or bugs or crawling on the skin.

Answer 37

Tactile

Question 38

involve a taste lingering in the mouth or the sense that foods tastes like something else. The taste maybe metallic or bitter or maybe represented as a specific taste

Answer 38

Gustatory

Question 39

involve the clients report that he/she feels bodily function that are usually undetectable.

Answer 39

Cenesthetic

Question 40

occur when the client is motionless but reports the sensation of bodily movement. Bodily movement is something unusual, such as floating above the ground.

Answer 40

Kinesthetic hallucination

Question 41

Motor immobility can be manifested by ______ (waxy flexibility) or _____.

Answer 41

catalepsy or stupor

Question 42

characterized by mixed schizophrenic symptoms ( of other types ) along with disturbances of thought , affect and behavior.

Answer 42

Undifferentiated type

Question 43

characterized by at least one previous, though not a current episode of social withdrawal, flat affect, and looseness of associations.

Answer 43

Residual type

Question 44

The diagnoses of schizophrenia is made when the person begins to display more ______ of delusions, hallucinations and disordered thinking (psychosis)

Answer 44

actively positive symptoms

Question 45

appears to be an important factor on how well the client improve.

Answer 45

Age at onset

Question 46

______ found that early detection and aggressive treatment of the 1st psychotic episode were associated with improved outcomes.

Answer 46

Marshall and Rathbone (2006)

Question 47

the client exhibits the symptoms of schizophrenia but for less than 6 mos necessary to meet the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia. Social or occupational functioning may or may not be impaired.

Answer 47

Schizophreniform disorder

Question 48

the clients exhibits the sypmtoms of psychosis and at the same time all the features of a mood disorder, either depression or mania.

Answer 48

Schizoaffective disorder

Question 49

the client has one or more nonbizarre delusions that is, the focus of the delusion is believable .

Answer 49

Delusional disorder

Question 50

the client experiences the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior which last from 1 day to 1 month. The episode may or may not have an identifiable stressor or may follow childbirth .

Answer 50

Brief Psychotic disorder

Question 51

two people share a similar delusion . The person with this diagnosis develops this delusions in the context of a close relationship with some one who has psychotic delusions.

Answer 51

Shared psychotic disorder

Question 52

____ and _____ are personality disorders and not psychotic disorders should not be confused with schizophrenia even though the names sound similar.

Answer 52

Schizotypal personality & schizoid personality

Question 53

Interpersonal theorist suggested that schizophrenia is a result of ______ in early life and adolescence none of these theories has been proved.

Answer 53

dysfunctional relationships

Question 54

Newer scientific studies began to demonstrate that schizophrenia results from a type of _____

Answer 54

brain dysfunction

Question 55

Focused on immediate families ( i.e. parents, siblings, offspring ) to examine whether schizophrenia is genetically transmitted or inherited. Few have focused on distant relatives

Answer 55

Genetic factors

Question 56

Findings indicated identical twins have a _____ risk for schizophrenia that is if another twin has schizophrenia the other has a _____ chance of developing it as well. Fraternal twins has a ______ chance risk. This indicates that schizophrenia is at least partially inherited.

Answer 56

identical twins: 50% risk Fraternal twins: 15% risk

Question 57

Children with one biologic parent with schizophrenia have _____ risk, _____ if both biologic parents have schizophrenia.

Answer 57

with one biologic parent: 15% risk both biologic parents: 35%

Question 58

With use of noninvasive imaging techniques such as ct scans, MRI’s and positron imaging tomography scientist have been able to study brain structures and activity. Findings noted people with schizophrenia have relatively ___ and _____ than people who do not have schizophrenia.

Answer 58

less brain tissue and CSF

Question 59

______ suggest that glucose metabolism and oxygen are diminished in the frontal cortical structures of the brain

Answer 59

Positron emission tomography studies

Question 60

there is decreased brain volume and abnormal brain function in the frontal and temporal areas . This pathology correlates with the positive signs of schizophrenia (_____ )such as psychosis, and the negative signs (_____ )

Answer 60

positive signs: temporal lobe negative signs: frontal lobe

Question 61

the most prominent neurochemical theories involve ___ and _____

Answer 61

dopamine and serotonin

Question 62

theory suggest that it modulates and helps to control excess dopamine. Some believe that excess _____ itself contributes to the development of schizophrenia.

Answer 62

Serotonin

Question 63

Latest atypical antipsychotics such as ____ (clozaril are both dopamine and serotonin antagonists). Studies show that _____ can dramatically reduce psychotic symptoms and ameliorate the negative signs of schizophrenia.

Answer 63

clozapine

Question 64

Popular theories state that exposure to a virus could alter the brain physiology of people with schizophrenia.

Answer 64

Immunologic Factors

Question 65

_____ is important when assessing for symptoms of schizophrenia. Ideas that are considered delusional in one culture maybe is acceptable to other cultures. Also auditory or visual hallucinations, such as seeing Virgin Mary or hearing God’s voice maybe a normal part of religious experience in some cultures.

Answer 65

Cultural differences