Abnormal Psych

Question 1

Prevalence of Schizophrenia:

a) 4%
b) 1%
c) .3%

Answer 1

.3-.7%

Misdiagnosis with Blacks

Question 2

Brain structure and Neurotransmitters affected by schizophrenia

Answer 2

Glutamate, GABA, Dopamine hypothesis

Brain struc: enlarged ventricles, smaller hippocampus, amygdala, globus

Question 3

Delusional Disorder criteria

Answer 3

one or more delusions that last for at least a month, overall psychsocial functioning not sig impaired

Question 4

subtypes of Delusional disorder

Answer 4

erotomanic, jealous, grandiose, somatic, persecutory,, unspecified, and mixed

Question 5

How many active phase symptoms are required to fit the criteria for schizophrenia for at least a month?

a) 3
b) all of them
c) 1
d) 2

Answer 5

2

also impairment and other signs for at least a month

Question 6

associated features of schizophrenia include issues with

a) mood, sleep, eating
b) anosognosia
c) comorbid SUD
d) all of the above

Answer 6

dysphoric mood, irregular sleep patterns, lack of interest in eating, and poor insight into their illness (anosognosia)

Question 7

Onset of Schizophrenia

Answer 7

late teens -early 30s, with the peak occuring in the early to mid20s for males and late 20s for females, slightly higher in males

Question 8

Rates of schizophrenia in family

a) siblings: 5%; child of two schizoparents 25%; ftwins; 30%; identical twins 40%
b) sibs: 10%; child of two parents 46%; ftwins; 17%; identical twins 48%

Answer 8

b

Question 9

Best treatment for schizophrenia

a) CBT, communication skills, consulting with the family
b) CBT, psychoed, social skills training, family-based interventions
c) CBT is the treatment of choice coupled with medication monitoring
d) There are a variety of treatments

Answer 9

b) family based interventions best when they target high levels of expressed emotion (EE)-hostility and enmenshment

Question 10

Tx for Schizophrenia

a) halperidol
b) fluphenazine
c) clozapine and risperidone
d) all of these

Answer 10

D
A&b)traditional (good for tx of positive symptoms
c) atypical, less liely to cause tardive dyskinesia, more effective for reducing positive and negative symptoms.

Question 11

Concordance rates of schizophrenia for monozygotic vs. dizygotic twins

a) 48:17
b) 34:10
c) 75:52
d) 30:28

Answer 11

a)