7.11 Psychosis and Schizophrenia

Question 1

diagnosis of schizophrenia requires ______ of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms

Answer 1

2 or more

Question 2

process affecting the relationship and associations among the words used to express thought

Answer 2

formal thought disorder

Question 3

a false belief based on incorrect perception of reality (paranoid or persecutory, grandiose, somatic)

Answer 3

delusions

Question 4

events in the environment that the patient believes to have special meaning to them

Answer 4

ideas of reference

Question 5

belief that one’s thoughts can be perceived by others

Answer 5

thought broadcasting

Question 6

belief that one’s thoughts are not their own but are inserted into their head from elsewhere

Answer 6

thought insertion

Question 7

thoughts are being removed from their head

Answer 7

thought withdrawal

Question 8

experience of perception in the absence of corresponding external stimuli, usually auditory, in 70% of patients

Answer 8

hallucinations

Question 9

intrusive thoughts, flight of ideas, thought blocking, pressured, circumstantial/tangential thought ,looseness of association, clanging, word salad

Answer 9

disorganized speech