Chapter 8 Schizophrenia

Question 1

psychotic disorder

Answer 1

a mental disorder that involves disturbances in conscious thought and perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality (psychosis)

Question 2

psychosis

Answer 2

a withdrawal from reality marked by hallucinations and delusions, disturbed thought and emotions, and personality disorganisation

Question 3

schizophrenia

Answer 3

a psychosis characterised by delusions, hallucinations, apathy and a ‘split’ between thought and emotion

Question 4

glutamate

Answer 4

an excitatory neurotransmitter particularly involved in cognitive functions

Question 5

cognitive remediation therapy (CRT)

Answer 5

a treatment for psychotic disorders that teaches problem-solving skills and improvement of cognitive problems

Question 6

stress-diathesis model

Answer 6

an explanation of how a stressful influence can act on a pre-existing or on-going vulnerability (a diathesis) to unmask the symptoms of schizophrenia in an individual

Question 7

diathesis

Answer 7

a pre-existing and ongoing vulnerability to something

Question 8

hallucinations

Answer 8

sensations that aren’t real. i.e. hearing voices

Question 9

delusions

Answer 9

thoughts or beliefs that aren’t real i.e. paranoia of being followed

Question 10

catatonic behaviour

Answer 10

Behavior characterised by muscular tightness or rigidity and lack of response to the environment.