42. Schizophrenia Flashcards
split minds, not multiple personalities but rather to split from reality
schizophrenia
shows itself as 1. ________ perceptions, 2. ________ thinking in 3. _______, and 4. _______ or 5. __________ emotions
- disturbed
- disorganized
- speech
- diminished
- inappropriate
may have ________
hallucinations
false sensory
hallucinations
examples of hallucinations? (3)
- auditory
- touch
- visual
false beliefs or perceptions that are often grand and persecutional (paranoid or ‘seeing signals’ when none are present)
delusions
what are the two types of schizophrenia?
- inappropriate/reverse emotions (positive)
2. emotional flatness and having trouble reading others (negative)
setting in slowly overtime, unlikely recovery
chronic schizophrenia
sudden onset — recovery far more likely due to major life stresses
acute schizophrenia
schizophrenia may turn into ______
psychosis
irrationally and lost contact w/ reality
psychosis
schizophrenic patients are often 1. _______ by 2. _______; 3. ______ to focus`
- distracted
- stimuli
- unable
schizophrenic patients on average have 1. __ times the amount of 2. ________ – 3. __ receptors; believed to possibly be an overstimulation
- 6
- dopamine
- 4
showcase 1. _______ frontal lobe 2. ______ (logic and judgment)
- diminished
2. activity
brain 1. __________, there is 2. _____ buildup in parts of the brain and 3. _________ in other parts
- structure
- fluid
- shrinkage