2 schizophrenia symptoms

Question 1

positive signs

Answer 1

• disordered thought, perception, + behavior
• “visible” signs/more easily IDd
• too much “abnormal” behavior
• most affected + diminished w antipsychotics
• many symptoms which were resistant are reduced or eliminated w new atypicals

Question 2

hallucination is a ___ sign

Answer 2

positive

Question 3

hallucinations

Answer 3

sounds or other sensations experienced as real when they exist only in the person’s mind

Question 4

most common time of hallucination in schizophrenia

Answer 4

AUDITORY

-visual is next common

Question 5

auditory hallucination

Answer 5

-occurs when ppl misinterpret their own inner self-talk as coming fr an outside source

Question 6

types of disorganized speech

Answer 6

• fragmented thinking is characteristic of schizophrenia

- people w schizophrenia tend to have trouble concentrating + maintaining a train of thought

Question 7

common signs of disorganized speech

Answer 7

• loose assoc
• neologism
• preservation
• clanging
• circumstantiality
• thought blocking
• word salad
• mutism
• echolalia

Question 8

loose assoc

Answer 8

jump from one idea to another w increasingly more fragmented connections bw the thoughts

Question 9

neologism

Answer 9

new word or phrase of pt’s own making often seen in schizo

-or existing word in new sense

Question 10

perseveration

Answer 10

repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture)

Question 11

clanging

Answer 11

speech pattern where ppl put words together bc of how they sound instead of what they mean

Question 12

circumstantiality

Answer 12

disturbed pattern of speech or writing characterized by delay in getting to the point bc of the interpolation of unnecessary details + irrelevant remarks

Question 13

thought blocking

Answer 13

person stops speaking suddenly + without explanation in the middle of a sentence

Question 14

word salad

Answer 14

confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words or phrases

Question 15

echolalia

Answer 15

meaningless repetition of another person’s spoken words

-schizo + autistic

Question 16

mutism

Answer 16

inability or unwillingness to speak

-pt may mouth words but no sounds

Question 17

disorganized behavior

Answer 17

• decline in overall daily functioning
• unpredictable or inappropriate emo response
• behaviors that appear bizarre, have no purpose
• lack of inhibition + impulse control

Question 18

types of disorganized behavior

Answer 18

• catatonia
• motor retardation
• motor agitation
• waxy flexibility
• echopraxia
• negativism
• stupor
• impaired impulse control
• gesturing or posturing
• boundary impairment

Question 19

catatonia

Answer 19

stiff tonic

Question 20

negative symptoms

Answer 20

• absence of normal behaviors found in healthy individuals

- more difficult to treat successfully than positive symptoms

Question 21

ngative sympt is neg vibes

Answer 21

-lazy, no talking, blunt, flat, unhappy

Question 22

when you give a pt chlorpromazine…

Answer 22

always monitor respiratory rate

Question 23

signs of relapse

Answer 23

• difficulty sleeping
• difficulty concentrating
• begin to have hallucinations that they didn’t have previously

Question 24

Delusions of persecution

Answer 24

Delusions of persecution 
Erotomania
Jealousy
Ideas of reference
Delusions of grandeur 
Delusions of control 
Thought insertion
Thought withdrawal
Thought broadcasting
Magical thinking
Somatic
Nihilistic
Religiosity
Ideas of divine mission
Ideas of influence

Question 25

Erotomania

Answer 25

believing someone is inlove w them

Question 26

Jealousy

Answer 26

believes that their partner is sexually involved w another individual even tho there is no actual proof

Question 27

Ideas of reference

Answer 27

miscontrused trivial events + attaches personal significane to them -like believing others are talking about them

Question 28

Delusions of grandeur

Answer 28

believes that they are powerful and god-like

Question 29

Delusions of control

Answer 29

believes that a force outside their body

Question 30

Thought insertion

Answer 30

believes that thoughts are being put in their head

Question 31

Thought withdrawal

Answer 31

believes that their thoughts have been removed from their mind by an outside agency

Question 32

Thought broadcasting

Answer 32

believes that their thoughts are heard by others

Question 33

Magical thinking

Answer 33

believes their actions or thoughts are able to control a situation or affectothers -like wearing a certain hat makes you invisible

Question 34

Somatic

Answer 34

feeling like growing a third arm or stomach is being eaten

Question 35

Nihilistic

Answer 35

major disaster is going to happen

Question 36

Religiosity

Answer 36

.

Question 37

Ideas of divine mission

Answer 37

not god but sent by god

Question 38

Ideas of influence

Answer 38

.

Question 39

dissociation

Answer 39

disruption in consciousness, memory | -compartmentalizing uncomfortable aspects of self

Question 40

sublimation

Answer 40

unconscious process of substituting mature + socially acceptable activity for immature + unacceptable impulses

Question 41

DELUSIONS

Answer 41

beliefs, illogical delusion of persecution thoughts

Question 42

____ months is required until diagnosis

Answer 42

6 months

Question 43

motor retardation

Answer 43

pronounced slowing of mvmt

Question 44

waxy flexibility

Answer 44

maintaining a specific position for an extended period of time

Question 45

echopraxia

Answer 45

imitation of mvmt made by others

Question 46

negativism

Answer 46

doing the opposite of what is requested

Question 47

stupor

Answer 47

motionless for long periods of time, coma-like

Question 48

impaired impulse control

Answer 48

reduced ability to resist impulses

Question 49

gesturing or posturing

Answer 49

assuming unusual + illogical expression

Question 50

boundary impairment

Answer 50

impaired ability to see where one person's body ends and another's begins -might cross boundaries

Question 51

boundary impairment

Answer 51

impaired ability to see where one person's body ends and another's begins -might cross boundaries

Question 52

types of negative symptoms

Answer 52

- affect - alogia - anergia - anhedonia - avolition - ambivalence - apathy - erotomania

Question 53

negative affect

Answer 53

blunt or flat facial expression

Question 54

alodia

Answer 54

mumbles answer vaguely | -lacks language

Question 55

anergia

Answer 55

lack of energy

Question 56

anhedonia

Answer 56

can't mind enjoyment/happiness

Question 57

avolition

Answer 57

lack of motivation | -unable to complete a task

Question 58

ambivalence

Answer 58

lack of certainty

Question 59

apathy

Answer 59

no emo

Question 60

erotomania

Answer 60

sexual

Question 61

which are more difficult to treat? positive or negative symptoms?

Answer 61

negative is more difficult to treat

Question 62

s/s of relapse

Answer 62

- difficulty sleeping - difficulty w concetration - stronger/severe hallucination

Question 63

clients who are laughing, talking to self when alone, or staring into space may be...

Answer 63

responding to internal stimuli