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2 schizophrenia symptoms Flashcards

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positive signs

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  • 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
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hallucination is a ___ sign

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positive

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hallucinations

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

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most common time of hallucination in schizophrenia

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AUDITORY

-visual is next common

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auditory hallucination

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

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types of disorganized speech

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  • fragmented thinking is characteristic of schizophrenia

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

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common signs of disorganized speech

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

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

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neologism

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

-or existing word in new sense

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perseveration

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

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clanging

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

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circumstantiality

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

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thought blocking

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

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word salad

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confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words or phrases

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echolalia

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meaningless repetition of another person’s spoken words

-schizo + autistic

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mutism

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inability or unwillingness to speak

-pt may mouth words but no sounds

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disorganized behavior

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

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

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stiff tonic

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negative symptoms

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  • absence of normal behaviors found in healthy individuals

- more difficult to treat successfully than positive symptoms

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ngative sympt is neg vibes

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-lazy, no talking, blunt, flat, unhappy

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when you give a pt chlorpromazine…

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always monitor respiratory rate

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signs of relapse

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

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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
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Erotomania

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believing someone is inlove w them

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Jealousy

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

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Ideas of reference

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

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Delusions of grandeur

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believes that they are powerful and god-like

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Delusions of control

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believes that a force outside their body

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Thought insertion

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believes that thoughts are being put in their head

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Thought withdrawal

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

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Thought broadcasting

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believes that their thoughts are heard by others

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Magical thinking

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

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Somatic

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feeling like growing a third arm or stomach is being eaten

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Nihilistic

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major disaster is going to happen

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Religiosity

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Ideas of divine mission

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not god but sent by god

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Ideas of influence

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.

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dissociation

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disruption in consciousness, memory

-compartmentalizing uncomfortable aspects of self

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sublimation

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

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DELUSIONS

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beliefs, illogical delusion of persecution thoughts

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____ months is required until diagnosis

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6 months

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motor retardation

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pronounced slowing of mvmt

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waxy flexibility

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maintaining a specific position for an extended period of time

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echopraxia

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imitation of mvmt made by others

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negativism

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doing the opposite of what is requested

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stupor

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motionless for long periods of time, coma-like

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impaired impulse control

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reduced ability to resist impulses

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gesturing or posturing

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assuming unusual + illogical expression

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boundary impairment

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

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boundary impairment

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

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types of negative symptoms

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  • affect
  • alogia
  • anergia
  • anhedonia
  • avolition
  • ambivalence
  • apathy
  • erotomania
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negative affect

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blunt or flat facial expression

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alodia

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mumbles answer vaguely

-lacks language

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anergia

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lack of energy

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anhedonia

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can’t mind enjoyment/happiness

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avolition

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lack of motivation

-unable to complete a task

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ambivalence

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lack of certainty

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apathy

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no emo

60
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erotomania

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sexual

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

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negative is more difficult to treat

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s/s of relapse

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  • difficulty sleeping
  • difficulty w concetration
  • stronger/severe hallucination
63
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clients who are laughing, talking to self when alone, or staring into space may be…

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responding to internal stimuli

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