CHAPTER 10: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Question 1

Schizophrenia

Answer 1

delusions, hallucinations, illogical thinking, incoherent speech, bizarre behaviour

Question 2

Dementia praecox

Answer 2

premature impairment of mental abilities

Question 3

Emil Kraepelin

Answer 3

saw schizophrenia as progressive diseases, loss of inner unity of thought, feeling, and acting

Question 4

Eugen Bleuler

Answer 4

Four A’s

• Associations: loosening of associations
• Affect: emotional response is flattened
• Ambivalence: conflicting feelings towards others
• Autism

Question 5

Kurt Schneider

Answer 5

ABCD

• Auditory hallucinations
• Broadcasting of thought
• Controlling of thoughts
• Delusions

Question 6

Broadcasting of thought

Answer 6

believes thoughts can be heard or known by others

Question 7

Echo

Answer 7

hears own thoughts as if they were spoken aloud

Question 8

Insertion

Answer 8

someone has ability to transmit thoughts into their head

Question 9

Withdrawal

Answer 9

someone has ability to make them lose thoughts

Question 10

Delusions

Answer 10

cannot rationally speak to person

Question 11

Pathognomonic indicator

Answer 11

only indicative of one particular disease

Question 12

Second-rank symptoms

Answer 12

frequently associated with Sz, but not exclusively (mood problems, non-auditory hallucinations)

Question 13

Prodromal phase

Answer 13

deterioration in self care, socially withdrawn

Question 14

Acute phase

Answer 14

positive symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, losing associations

Question 15

Residual phase

Answer 15

retraction of positive symptoms, similar to prodromal phase, element of disordered thinking remains

Question 16

Neologisms

Answer 16

made up words, feel smug when you say you don’t know the meaning

Question 17

Perseveration

Answer 17

keep returning to certain things, difficulty letting go

Question 18

Clanging

Answer 18

choosing words that rhyme in way that doesn’t make sense

Question 19

Blocking

Answer 19

shutting down

Question 20

Hypervigilance

Answer 20

constantly assessing threats around you

Question 21

Command hallucinations

Answer 21

when someone/something is telling them what to do

Question 22

Disorganized schizophrenia

Answer 22

giggling, laughing, and making facial grimaces for no apparent reason

Question 23

Catatonic schizophrenia

Answer 23

disturbances in motor activity and cognitive functioning

Question 24

Waxy flexibility

Answer 24

limbs adjusted and person remains that way

Question 25

Rigid

Answer 25

cannot move person’s limbs

Question 26

Paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 26

delusions about being harmed, conspiracies

Question 27

Delusional disorder

Answer 27

have delusions but no psychotic features

Question 28

Schizophreniform disorder

Answer 28

identical to schizophrenia, but does not last for 6 months

Question 29

Double-blind communications theory

Answer 29

children shaped to say what they think parents want to hear, but are incompatible with their true feelings