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[CLMD CIS] Clinical Approach to Psychotic Disorders [Cooley] Flashcards

1
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Describe a person with schizotypical personality disorder

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People with schizotypical personaility disorder are described as:

  • Odd/eccentric
  • Few (if any) close relationships
  • Severe anxiety/avoid social situations
  • Flat emotions
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What is the difference between schizotypal personality disorder vs. schizophrenia?

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Schizotypal personality disorder may experience brief psychotic episodes with delusions/hallucinations; the episodes are NOT AS FREQUENT, PROLONGED or INTENSE as schizophrenia

Schizotypal personality disorder patients can usually be made aware of the difference b/w their disorted ideas and reality (those w/ schizophrenia generally CANT be swayed from their delusions)

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What is the peak onset time of schizophrenia?

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Late adolescence/early adulthood

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What are precipitating events for schizophrenia?

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Psychosocial stressors

Traumatic events

Drug/alcohol abuse

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Symptoms of schizophrenia

Positive vs Negative symptoms

Which one is associated with a better/worse diagnosis?

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Positive symptoms = better prognosis

Negative symptoms = poor prognosis

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What are prodromal signs/sx of schizophrenia?

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Few close friends as adolescents

Minimal social activities

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Is there a genetic component to the etiology of schizophrenia?

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YES!

Although it does NOT account for the entire eitiology.

In twin studies, monozygotic twins showed 40-50 percent concordance rate. Dizygotic twins showed 10-15 percent concordance.

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What are potential enviornmental contributors to the etiology of schizophrenia?

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Several early life complications (ELCs)

Adverse events in:

  • pregnanc
  • labor
  • delivery
  • early in neonatal life
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9
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What is one particular pre-natal exposure that can increase the risk of aquiring schizophrenia by 7 times?

3 times?

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7 times more likely: Prenatal exposure to influenza virus

3 times more likely: Maternal upper respiratory infection during any time in pregnancy

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What is the “revised dopamine hypothesis“ related to schizophrenia?

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Hyperactive dopamine transmission in the mesolimbic areas

and

Hypoactive dopamine transmission in the prefrontal cortex

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In positron emission tomography (PET) studies, where is schizophrenia particularly overactive with dopamine?

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Hippocampus

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What are features that define positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Delusions

Hallucinations

Disorganized thinking (speech)

Grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior

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What are delusions?

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Delusions are fixed beliefs that are not likely to change in light of conflicting evidence

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What is a hallucination?

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A perception that occurs without an external stimulus

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What are the most common type of hallucinations in schizophrenia?

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Auditory hallucinations

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What is the term for a hallucination that occurs when you are falling asleep?

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Hypnagogic

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What is the term for a hallucination that occurs when you are waking up?

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Hypnopompic

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Are hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations indicative of psychosis?

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NO!!!

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What are some of the features of disorganized thinking (speech)?

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Derailment/loose associations

Incoherence

Word salad

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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Catatonic behavior

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Marked decrease in reactivity to the enviornment

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21
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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Catatonic excitement

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Purposeless and excessive motor activity without obvious cause

22
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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Negativism

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Resistance to instructions

23
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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Inappropriate or bizarre posture

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Waxy flexibility

24
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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Mutism and stupor

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Complete lack of verbal and motor responses

25
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Grossly disorganized motor behavior:

[Define]

Repeated stereotyped movements

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Staring, grimacing, mutism and the echoing of speech

26
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What are the features the define negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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-Diminished emotional expression

-Avolition

  • Alogia
  • Anhedonia
  • Ascociality
27
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What is avolition?

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Decrease in motivated self-initiated purposeful activities

28
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What is alogia?

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Diminished speech output

29
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What is anhedonia?

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Decreased abiilty to experience pleasure

30
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What are the specific diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia?

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Two or more of the following for most of 1 month; at least ONE of the first 3 symptoms

  1. Delusions
  2. Hallucinations
  3. Disorganized speech
  4. Grossly disorganzed or catatonic behavior
  5. Negative symptoms

*remember, first 4 symptoms are POSITIVE symptoms

31
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What is the time frame for diagnosing long standing schizophrenia?

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Symptoms persist for at least 6 months

32
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What is the clinical picture of a patient with schizophrenia (catatonic type)?

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  • Motoric immobility
  • Excessive motor activity
  • Extreme negativism or mutism

-Peculiarities of voluntary movement (posturing, stereotyped movements, mannerisms, grimacing)

33
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Schizophrenics are highly susceptible to ________

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Schizophrenics are highly susceptible to SUICIDE

34
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To diagnose schizophrenia, what should you do first?

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Rule out medical eitiologies:

Perform medical screening to rule out:

  • Seizure disorders
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Thyroid dysfunction
  • Brain tumor
  • Neurosyphillis
  • Street drug use
35
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What is a major comorbid category of condition associated with schizophrenia?

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Autoimmune disorders

36
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What is the treatment fo acute psychosis in schizophrenia?

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Hospitalization

IM injections of haloperidol, fluphenazine, lorazepam

37
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What is the treatment for stabilization phase of schizophrenia?

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2nd gen antipsychotics

38
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What is the second generation antipsychotic drug associated with agranulocytosis?

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Clozapine

39
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What is the second generation antipsychotic drug associated with QTc prolongation?

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Ziprasidone

40
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What has been found to make symptoms of schizophrenia worse?

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Insight oriented group and individual psychotherapy

(Making the patient more aware of their symptoms has been shown to make their symptoms WORSE!)

41
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What are the diagnostic criteria of Delusional disorder?

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  • Presence of one or more delusions lasting at least 1 month
  • Functioning is not impaired
42
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What is the time frame for diagnosis of brief psychotic disorder?

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Episode disturbance of at least 1 day but less than 1 month

43
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What is the time frame of schizophreniform disorder?

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Episode of the disorder that lasts at least 1 month but LESS THAN 6 months

44
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What are the diagnostic criteria of schizoaffective disorder?

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Delusions or hallucinations for 2 or more weeks in the ABSENCE of a major mood episode

45
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What is substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder?

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Presence of delusions and/or hallucinations that develop with the introduction or withdrawal of substance/medication

46
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What are the timelines for

Schizophrenia

Schizophreniform

Brief psychotic disorder

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Schizophrenia = > 6 months

Schizophreniform = 1-6 months

Brief psychotic disorder = <1 month

47
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What is schizoid?

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Very introverted

Voluntarily withdraws from social interactions

48
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What is schizotypal?

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Schizoid symptoms

+

Magical thinking/odd behavior

49
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What is schizophrenia?

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Schizotypal

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Psychosis

50
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What is schizoaffective?

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Schizophrenia

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Mood Disorder

51
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