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Psychosis

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State in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways

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Psychosis commonly appears in what psychological disorder?

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Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia

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Psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities

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_____ in 100 experience schizophrenia during lifetime

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1

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How many people worldwide are diagnosed with schizophrenia?

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20 million

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How many people in the U.S. are diagnosed with schizophrenia?

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3.2 million

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True or False: schizophrenia rates are higher among men

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False: schizophrenia is equally distributed between genders

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What is the average onset age of schizophrenia for men?

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23

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What is the average onset age of schizophrenia for women?

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28

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In order to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, individuals must display 2 or more of the following symptoms much of the time for 1 month

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucinations
  • Disorganized speech
  • Very abnormal motor activity
  • Negative symptoms
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True or False: at least one of the symptoms must be delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech in order to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia

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True

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How many people with schizophrenia attempt suicide?

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25%

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How many people with schizophrenia die by suicide?

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5%

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Downward Drift Theory

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Phenomenon where people diagnosed with schizophrenia fall from a high to low socioeconomic status or remain a low socioeconomic status due to limited functioning

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True or False: schizophrenia produces many clinical pictures

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True

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True or False: most clinicians agree that schizophrenia is just a singular disorder

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False: Some clinicians argue that schizophrenia is a spectrum of disorders

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What are the three categories of symptoms for schizophrenia?

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  • Positive
  • Negative
  • Psychomotor
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Positive Symptoms

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Pathological excesses or bizarre additions to a person’s behavior

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What kind of behaviors are considered to be positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • Delusions
  • Disorganized thinking/speech
  • Heightened perceptions and hallucinations
  • Inappropriate affect
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True or False: people with schizophrenia can experience one or many different delusions

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True

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What are some types of delusions?

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  • Delusions of persecution
  • Delusions of reference
  • Delusions of grandeur
  • Delusions of control
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Delusions of Persecution

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Delusion where a person believes that someone is trying to harm them or their loved ones

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Delusions of Reference

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Delusion where a person attach special and personal meaning to the actions of others or to various objects or events

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Delusions of Grandeur

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Delusion where a person believes that they are the greatest

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Delusions of Control
Delusion where a person believes that their feelings, thoughts, and actions are being controlled by other people
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What is the most common delusion for someone diagnosed with schizophrenia?
Delusions of persecution
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What is an example of a delusion of reference?
A person with schizophrenia believes that a popular TV show is depicting their life on the show
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Loose Associations/Derailment
Thoughts go to one place to another without transition
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Neologisms
Making up words
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Perseveration
Repeating words or thoughts over and over
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Clang/Rhymes
Rhyming everything when they talk
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True or False: inappropriate affect may sometimes be an emotional response to other disorder features
True
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Negative Symptoms
Pathological deficits
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Poverty of Speech/Alogia
Reduction of quantity of speech or speech content
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Restricted Affect
People with schizophrenia show less emotion than most people
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What are some characteristics of restricted affect?
- Avoidance of eye contact - Immobile, expressionless face
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Blunted Affect
Showing reduced amount of emotion
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Flat Affect
Showing absolutely no emotion
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What are characteristics of loss of volition?
- Feeling drained of energy and interest in normal goals - Inability to start or follow through on a course of action
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Ambivalence
Conflicted feelings about most things
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True or False: social withdrawal among people with schizophrenia leads to social skill breakdown, including ability to accurately recognize needs/emotions of others
True
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Psychomotor Symptoms
Awkward movements, repeated grimaces, and odd gestures
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Movements seem to have a _________ quality
Magical
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Catatonia
Extreme psychomotor symptoms involving stupor, posturing, and excitement
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How many people with schizophrenia experience catatonia?
10%
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Catatonia
Extreme psychomotor symptoms involving stupor, posturing, and excitement
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What are the three phases of the course of schizophrenia?
- Prodromal - Active - Residual
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Prodromal Phase
Beginning of deterioration with mild symptoms
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Active Phase
Symptoms become apparent
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Residual Phase
Return to prodromal-like levels
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How many people with schizophrenia will make a full recovery?
1/4
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What happens to the rest of people with schizophrenia who don't fully recover?
Remain in the residual phase
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What are some factors that make it likely for someone to fully recover from schizophrenia?
- Good premorbid functioning - Whose disorder was triggered by stress - Abrupt onset - Later onset (during middle age) - Who receive early treatment
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Relapses are apparently more likely during times of ___________________
Life stress
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True or False: Many researchers believe that a distinction between Type 1 and Type 2 schizophrenia that helps predict the course of the disorder
True
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Type 1 Schizophrenia
Dominated by positive symptoms
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How many cases of schizophrenia can be considered as type 1 schizophrenia?
80-85%
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Type 2 Schizophrenia
Dominated by negative symptoms
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How many cases of schizophrenia can be considered as type 2 schizophrenia?
15-20%

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