Clinical- Psychotic Disorders I Flashcards
What are Persistently held beliefs held despite evidence or agreement to the contrary?
delusions
What type of delusion?
I’m God, Jesus, I have cured cancer
grandiose delusions
What type of delusion:
Special meaning to things in the environment (neutral event or thing)
ideas of reference
What type of delusion?
Belief that one’s body fxns are abnormal
pseudocyesis= think you are pregnant when you are not
somatic delusion
What type of delusion?
Other people can hear my thoughts
though broadcasting
What are the 3 key features of schizophrenia?
delusions
hallucinations
thought disorganization
What is perception of a nonexistent object or event?
hallucination
What is the most common type of hallucination in Schizophrenia?
auditory hallucination
Visual hallucinations occur with schizophrenia but most often with .
toxidrome
toxicity usually from drugs
Tactile hallucinations can occur with Schizophrenia and is also common in which 2 condtions?
alcohol withdrawal and stimulant-induced psychosis.
Olfactory hallucinations can occur from aura of temporal lobe or brain
epilepsy; tumor
Gustatory hallucinations – rare but can occur with or CNS lesion
epilepsy
–Vivid dreamlike hallucinations occur at transition from wakefulness to sleep – normal variant – up to 30% of people, also common in Narcolepsy
Hypnagogic / hypnopompic
Which key feature of Schizophrenia is hard to fake?
thought disorganization
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
excess details around stuff
circumstantiality
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
go off on tangents
doesn’t reach the essential point
tangentiality
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
nonsensical transitions between thoughts
loose associations / derailment
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
made up words that make sense to the person speaking
neoligisms
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
pt. blanks out for a minute
thought blocking
What type of thought disorganization is being described:
rhyming words in discussion, grouping of words (usually rhyming)
clang associations
What are the primary psychotic disorders (6)?
- Schizophrenia (most prevalent)
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophreniform Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Other Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders