Ch 27, 28

Question 1

what are 5 symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 1

1) delusions
2) hallucinations
3) disorganized speech
4) disorganized or excessively agitated behaviour
5) other symptoms that cause social or occupational dysfunction

Question 2

type I symptoms

Answer 2

positive schizophrenia symptoms

Question 3

type II symptoms

Answer 3

negative schizophrenia symptoms

Question 4

antipsychotic/neuroleptic drugs or major tranquilizers

Answer 4

affect psychomotor activity without hypnotic effects

Question 5

cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Answer 5

employs problem-focused, action-oriented, structured treatments for eliminating dysfunctional thoughts and maladaptive behaviours

Question 6

sensitization model

Answer 6

model for bipolar disorder

1) large individual differences appear in the degree of sensitization and drug effects in laboratory animals and people
2) abuse of psychomotor stimulants such as cocaine is associated with full-blown manic episodes
3) individuals who are bipolar are at high risk for substance abuse

Question 7

panic disorder

Answer 7

recurrent attacks of terror that arise without warning and without any apparent relation to external circumstances

Question 8

what are 5 types of anxiety disorders?

Answer 8

1) panic disorder
2) post-traumatic stress disorder
3) generalized anxiety disorder
4) obsessive-compulsive disorder
5) phobias

Question 9

anxiolytics

Answer 9

drugs that reduce activity

Question 10

psychosurgery

Answer 10

the destruction of some brain region to alleviate severe and otherwise intractable psychiatric disorders or to alter behaviour

Question 11

neurosurgery

Answer 11

brain surgery intended to repair damage to and alleviate symptoms resulting from known neurological disease

Question 12

what are the two groups of distinguished motor symptoms?

Answer 12

1) hyperkinetic-dystonic syndrome

2) hypokinetic-rigid syndromes

Question 13

what are two diseases that fall under hyperkinetic-dystonic syndrome?

Answer 13

1) huntington’s disease

2) tourette’s syndrome

Question 14

echolalia

Answer 14

repeating what others have said and repeating actions (symptom of Tourette’s)

Question 15

coprolalia

Answer 15

obscene speech (symptom of Tourette’s)

Question 16

what is an example of a hypokinetic-rigid syndrome?

Answer 16

Parkinson’s disease

Question 17

what are positive symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

Answer 17

• tremor at rest
• muscular rigidity
• involuntary movements

Question 18

what are negative symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

Answer 18

• postural disorders
• righting disorders
• locomotive disorders
• speech disturbance
• akinesia

Question 19

postural disorders

Answer 19

disorder of fixation - inability to maintain or difficulty maintaining a body part, grouped as a disorder of equilibrium

Question 20

what are 3 major types of causes of parkinson disease?

Answer 20

1) idiopathic
2) postencephalitic
3) drug-induced

Question 21

dementia

Answer 21

acquired and persistent syndrome of intellectual impairment

Question 22

organicity

Answer 22

atypical behaviour assumed to have a biological/organic bases

Question 23

individualized test batteries

Answer 23

require particular theoretical knowledge to administer and interpret

Question 24

standardized test batteries

Answer 24

consist of fixed criteria for organicity

Question 25

composite test batteries

Answer 25

middle ground between standardized and individualized test batteries (administered in a formalized way but qualitative performance is considered)