11.5 Schizophrenia Flashcards
schizophrenia gets ______ over time
worse
the ________ symptoms of schizophrenia may have a greater functional impact and are more difficult to treat
negative
what are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
hallucinations or delusions
visual hallucinations in schizophrenia appear ______ sized and persist with the eyes _______________.
regular
open or closed
firmly held beliefs, despite evidence on the contrary, that others do not find credible or that are not shared by others
delusions
what are the three types of schizophrenia?
paranoid type
disorganized type
catatonic type
the __________ type of schizophrenia usually has less negative symptoms and thus a better prognosis over time
paranoid
_________ type of schizophrenia has disturbance in motor function
catatonic type
the type of schizophrenia that has a regression to primitive, disinhibited, unorganized behaviors
active but in an aimless manner
disorganized type
what is waxy flexibility? where do you see this?
when you put someone into a position, they stay there
catatonic type schizophrenia
what is the most common age for onset of schizophrenia?
in adolescence, before the age of 25
what are easier to treat in schizophrenia? the positive or negative symptoms? why?
the positive symptoms
we do not have good drugs to target the negative symptoms
in macroscopic examination of patients with schizophrenia, there are enlarged __________
ventricles
in schizophrenia, there are volume reductions and decreased blood flow to _______________ cortex
prefrontal/orbitofrontal
In schizophrenia, there is reduced volume in what part of the thalamus?
DM nucleus
