Chapter 13 Flashcards
When Eugen Bleuler used the word schizophrenia to describe a “splitting” he observed in patients, he used the term to represent a __________.
splitting of the intellect from emotion and external reality
The risk of developing schizophrenia is around __________.
0.7%
A person experiencing a delusion of __________ might believe that the billboard that she saw while driving down the highway was speaking directly to her instead of simply advertising a product.
Reference
Which psychotic disorder would provide the greatest challenge for a clinician to accurately diagnose?
Schizoaffective disorder.
While the symptoms of brief psychotic disorder may last for __________, the symptoms of a schizophreniform disorder can persist for __________.
up to 1 month, between 1 and 6 months.
Although Shelby has never met Donald Trump, she firmly believes he is in love with her because of the way he looks at her when he appears on the television. Her efforts to contact him have never been successful, which Shelby attributes to his need to keep their love secret “for now.” Shelby has covered the walls of her bedroom with Trump photographs and posts long essays about their mutual love on her blog and social media accounts. Shelby works full-time, lives alone in an apartment, and exhibits no unusual behavior apart from her “secret affair” with Trump. Shelby’s behavior is consistent with the DSM-5 diagnosis of __________.
Erotomania
Research by Heston in 1966 suggested that a diagnosis of schizophrenia in one’s mother was associated with an increased probability of being diagnosed with several other conditions, including __________.
intellectual impairments, nurosis, and psychpathy.
__________ genes are genes that are involved in processes that are believed to be aberrant in schizophrenia.
Candidate
Dr. Mickens is conducting a study in which the entire genetic code of two groups—one with schizophrenia and one without the disorder—is investigated. What kind of study is this?
genome-wide association study (GWAS)
Whereas __________ in mothers are associated with higher rates of schizophrenia, __________ in mothers are associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia in their offspring.
proinflammatory cytokines; anti-inflammatory cytokines
In the area of auditory processing, people with schizophrenia show deficits in a process called __________. This may interfere with their ability to habituate to similar stimuli that are presented in rapid succession.
Sensory gating
Which problem, recently identified in the white matter of people with schizophrenia, explains a lot of the clinical features of the disorder?
Dysconnectivity
The most well-studied neurotransmitter implicated in schizophrenia is __________.
Dopamine
__________ has been a very important topic in the study of psychosocial factors that contribute to schizophrenia. High levels of this quality in families have been found to predict relapse in patients with the disorder.
Expressed emotion.
In an examination of environmental factors contributing to the development of schizophrenia, researchers in Denmark found that children who spent the first 15 years of their lives living in __________ environments were 2.75 times as likely to develop the condition as children who were raised in __________ settings.
Urban, rural.
