Chapter 12: Schizophrenia and related disorders Flashcards
Define:
Psychosis
state in which a person loses contact with reality
Answer:
What mental disorder is psychosis most commonly associated with
schizophrenia
Define:
schizophrenia
a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deterorates as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities
Fill in the blank
1 in __ experience schizophrenia during lifetime
1 in 100 experience schizophrenia during lifetime
Answer:
How many people worldwide suffer from schizophrenia
20 million
True or false:
Men are more affected by schizophrenia than women
False
it affects them equally
Answer:
what is the average onset of schizophrenia in men
23
Answer:
when is the average onset of schizophrenia in women
28
Define:
downward drift
once recieving the diagnosis it can be deibilitating to take care of oneself
list:
symptoms of schizophrenia
5 points
- delusions
- hallucinations
- disorganized speech
- abnormal motor actiivy including catatonia
- negative symptoms
define:
positive symptoms
symptoms that are added to the person
List
positive symptoms of schizophrenia
4 points
- delusions
- disorganized thinking and speech
- heigthened perceptions and hallucinations
- inappropriate affect
define
delusions
false beliefs held
list:
types of delusions
4 types
- persecution
- reference
- grandeur
- control
define
persecution delusion
paranoia delusions about people wanting to harm them
define
reference delusions
finding hidden messages meant only for them
billboard giving a message
tv talking to them
define:
Grandeur delusions
delusions that make people think they are amazing or unstoppable
i can dly
im the son of g-d
define:
control delusions
thoughts of being controlled by others
list
types of disorganized thinking/speech
4 points
- loose association or derailments
- neologisms
- preservation
- clang/rhymes
define:
loose association
putting words together that don’t make sense
word salad
define:
neologisms
new words that are made up
define
preservation
stuck on something (word, idea, phrase) keep repeating it
define:
clang or rhymes
loose associations in rhymes
define:
Hallucinations
perceptions in the absence of external stimuli can occur together and or involve other senses
define:
Inappropriate affect
situationally unsuitable
Inappropriately reacting (over or under)
Define:
Negative symptoms
symptoms that are losses for the person
list:
negative symptoms of schizophrenia
- pathological deficits
- psychomotor symptoms
list:
pathological deficits
4 points
- poverty of speech (alogia)
- restricted affect
- loss of volition (avoiltion)
- social withdrawal
define:
poverty of speech
- reduction of quantity of speech or speech content
- may say a lot but convey little information
define:
restricted affect
3 points
- show less emotion
- avoidance of eye contact
- immobile expressionless face
define:
loss of volition (avolition)
3 points
- feeling drained of energy and interest in normal goals
- inability to start or follow through on a corse of action
- ambivalence: conflicted feeling about most things
define
social withdrawal
3 points
- illogical confused ideas
- withdrawal from social environemnt and attention only to own ideas and fantasies
- withdrawal leading to social skill breakdown, including ability to accurately recognize needs and emtions of others
define
psychomotor symptoms
- awkward movements, repeated grimaces and odd gestures
- catatonia
define:
Catatonia
stupor, rigidity, posturing, and excitment
answer
what two groups of ages does schizophrenia first appear
late teens early thirties
list
3 phases of schizophrenia
- prodromal
- active
- residual
define:
prodromal phase
beginning deterioration; mild symptoms
define:
Active phase
symptoms become apparent
define:
residual phrase
return to prodromal-like levels
define:
Type I schizophrenia
dominated by positive symptoms
define:
diathesis- stress
stress perspective that suggests genetic vulnerability is not enough, environmental stressors also play a part
true or false:
people who are biologically related to someone with schizophrenia have a lessened risk of developing the disorder
False
define:
dopamine hypothesis
certain neurons using dopamine fire too often
produces symptoms of schizophrenia
answer:
how are viruses related to schizophrenia
exposure to viruses prenatal interupts fetal brain development
define
fromm-Reichmann schizophrenogenic mothers
mother was cold and unresponsive to young child
little research to support it
