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The rates of schizophrenia appear to be

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Similar in undeveloped and developing countries

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Schizophrenia usually develops

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Late adolescence and early adulthood

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The phaseof schizophrenia marked by a slow steady deterioration and gradual decline in function before clear-cut psychotic behaviours and emerge is called

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Prodromal

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After an onset schizophrenic episode of full return to normal behaviour

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Is uncommon but does occur

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False believes that remain fixed in a persons mind despite evidence to the contrary are

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Delusions

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When somebody is constantly making up new words and has no meaning what is he doing

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Neologism

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One of Adams symptoms of having schizophrenia is while talking to others he will inappropriately but persistently keep repeating the same words or thoughts over and over again

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Preservation

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People with schizophrenia appear to blank dopamine more than others

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Utilize more

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People with schizophrenia are most likely to have been born in the

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Winter

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Ventricular enlargement is found in about blank percentage of schizophrenic patients

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75%

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Most people with schizophrenia and organize mental health settings are treated with

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Anti-psychotic medication

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Tardive dyskinesia is especially common among blank patience

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Older female

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Staying on medication can reduce the relapse rate for schizophrenia to about

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40%

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The goal of early psychosis intervention program is

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Prevention of acute psychosis

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The basic social skills training model used in treating schizophrenia employs

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Role-playing exercises

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When individuals on inpatient units are rewarded for appropriate behaviour with plastic chips that can be exchanged for tangible reinforcers such as desirable goods or privileges this is called

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A token economy

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Most antipsychotic drugs appear blank of schizophrenia

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To control the positive symptoms but not the negative symptoms

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Hallucination voices that instruct them to perform certain apps such as harming themselves or others (schizophrenia)

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Conversing

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Which of the following is a possible diathesis for schizophrenia

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Family conflict

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Blank symptoms tend to occur during acute episodes of schizophrenia and then disappear

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Positive

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Disorders such as depression and persistent depressive disorder are

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Uni polar

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In a major depressive episode the adult person experiences either a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in all or virtually all activities for a period of at least

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Two weeks

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Major depressive disorder if left untreated usually last for blank months or longer

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Six months

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All of the following are factors that influence risk for major depression except

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Level of education

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Court found that blank are more likely to distract themselves when they are depressed where as blank are more likely to amplify depression by ruminating about their feelings and possible causes
Men women
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According to the health Canada which of the following is not a cause of generally higher rates of depression in indigenous communities
Genetic factors
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Phototherapy generally is more effective if the light is directed at the person’s
Eyes
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Which of the following is not a psychosocial factor that may contribute to the cause of postpartum depression
An unwanted child
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The DSM-V treats postpartum depression as a
Subtype of major depression
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The average duration for an episode of persistent depressive disorder is about
Several years
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Do you essential feature of bipolar one disorder is the occurrence of one or more blank episodes
Manic
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Classical psychodynamic theories see depression as
Anger turned inward
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Each of the following is a side effect of tricyclics except
Loss of appetite
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Evidence shows that people who become depressed tend to in counter blank in long-term relationships
Rejection
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The cognitive triad of depression is a concept pioneered by
Back
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Genetics appears to play the largest role in the development of
Bipolar disorder
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Research suggests that the metabolic activity of the blank is typically lower and clinically depressed groups then healthy controls
Pre-frontal cortex
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Which of the following drugs is not generally used to treat depression
Lithium
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Electroconvulsive therapy is used to treat blank and people who failed to respond to medication
Major depressive disorder
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Delusions that are out to get you
Persecution
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Delusions that others are talking about you
Reference
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Delusions involving inflated believes about self-worth
Grandeur
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The adoption of a fix posture and resisting all efforts to be moved
Catatonic rigidity
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Involuntary interruptions of speech
Blocking
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Delusions that you are being controlled by external forces
Delusions of control
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The early period of deterioration and schizophrenia
Prodromal
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Not aware or responsive to the environment
Catatonic stupor
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Return to the previous level of function in following the active episode
Residual phase
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Tendency to string words together because they rhyme or sound a like
Clanging
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Created words that have no apparent meaning
Neologisms
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Psychotic symptoms typically develop during this phase
Active phase
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Ideas that are strong together with little or no relationship among them
Perseveration
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Measure of disturbed family communication
Expressed emotion
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Perceptions which occur in the absence of external stimulus
Blocking
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Symptoms characterized by the absence of something that is normally present
Negative symptoms
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Absence of emotional expression
Flat affect
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Learned helplessness
The notion that depressed people have come to view themselves as in capable of having an effect on their environment
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Cognitive traid
A negative view of self world and future
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Hypomanic episode
Less disruptive state of mania
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Cyclothymic disorder
Alternations between mild depression and hypomanic symptoms
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All or nothing thinking
You look at things and absolute black and white categories
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Overgeneralization
You view were negative event as a never ending pattern of defeat
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Mental filter
You dwell on the negative the negatives and ignore the positives
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Discounting the positives
You and stink that your accomplishments or positive qualities don’t count
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Jumping to conclusions
You can conclude that things are bad without any definite evidence
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Mind reading
You assume that people are reacting negatively to you
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Fortune-telling
You predict that things will turn out badly
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Magnification or minimization
You blow things way out of proportion or shrink their importance
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Emotional reasoning
You recent from how you feel I feel like an idiot so I must be
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Should statements
You criticize yourself or other people with should and shouldn’ts and musts
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Labelling
Instead of saying I made a mistake you tell yourself I’m a jerk or a loser
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Personalizing
You blame yourself for something that you were responsible for
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Criteria for persistent depressive disorder
Depressed mood lasting at least two years Additional symptoms: Poor appetite or over eating Sleep problems Low energy or fatigue There has never been a manic or hypomanic episodes The symptoms caused distress or impairment
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Causes of depressive disorders from the biological perspective
Genetics neurotransmitters brain abnormalities anterior cingulate and I make a villa
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Causes of depression from the socio-cultural perspective
Stressful life events poor social support gender issues
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Cognitive perspective for depression
Becks cognitive theory treatment such as anti-depressant
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DSM5 criteria for bipolar one
``` One or more manic episode At least four of the symptoms Elevated or irritable mood Decreased need for sleep Talkativeness Flight of ideas Distractibility Symptoms last at least one week Impairment in daily functioning ```
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How do you schizophrenia get treated
Antipsychotics but only helps 60 to 80% | Psychosocial interventions

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