DFO Set Eleven

Question 1

Provide a definition of “positive symptoms” associated with schizophrenia:

Answer 1

Involves an excess of behavior or experiences which includes delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts.

Question 2

Provide a definition of “negative symptoms” associated with schizophrenia:

Answer 2

Reduction in typical thoughts or behaviour a person may have before developing their illness e.g. flattened affect, alogia, avolition, or anhedonia

Question 3

Which of the following is a negative symptom?

a. Anhedonia
b. Word Salad
c. Neologism
d. Hallucination

Answer 3

a. Anhedonia

Question 4

Provide a definition of thought disorder:

Answer 4

A disorder of cognitive organisation, characteristic of psychotic mental illness. Thoughts or conversation may be illogical or lacking in sequence, and may be delusional or bizarre in content

Question 5

List 4 different negative symptoms commonly identified in schizophrenia:

Answer 5

• Anhedonia
• Flattened affect
• Loss of volition
• Associability
• Lack of insight

Question 6

List two common signs or symptoms of psychosis:

Answer 6

• Delusions
• Lack of insight
• Disorganised thinking
• Hallucination

Question 7

Provide a definition for delusion:

Answer 7

Fixed false thoughts or beliefs, in spite of invalidating evidence

Question 8

Provide a definition for hallucination:

Answer 8

An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present, a distortion in perception

Question 9

Define impoverished speech:

Answer 9

Alogia

Question 10

Define social withdrawal:

Answer 10

Associality

Question 11

Define an abrupt stop in the middle of a train of thought:

Answer 11

Thought blocking

Question 12

Persistent repetition of words or ideas even when another person attempts to change the topic:

Answer 12

Preservation

Question 13

Define decreased motivation:

Answer 13

Avolition

Question 14

Define an inability to answer a question without giving excessive, unnecessary detail:

Answer 14

Circumstantial

Question 15

Excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves fragmented or unrelated ideas:

Answer 15

Flight of ideas

Question 16

Loss of pleasure in previously enjoyed activities:

Answer 16

Anhedonia

Question 17

List 4 variables which are shown to influence the prevalence and incidence of schizophrenia:

Answer 17

• Migrant status
• Lower economic status
• Residing at a higher altitude
• Male gender

Question 18

Which of the following have been shown to have links to the development of psychosis:

a. Poverty and inequality
b. Cannabis use
c. Unemployment and social isolation
d. Childhood abuse
e. B and D
f. All of the above

Answer 18

f. All of the above

Question 19

Provide a definition for PTSD:

Answer 19

Development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is generally outside the range of normal human experience

Question 20

Incidence of PTSD is higher in men than women:

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Of the traumatic events listed below which person is more likely to develop symptoms of PTSD:

a. Witnessing a car accident
b. Being involved in reoccurring earthquakes
c. Being involved in a motor accident in which there was a fatality
d. All of the above

Answer 21

c. Being involved in a motor accident in which there was a fatality

Question 22

Those with a pre existing mental health condition are more at risk of developing PTSD:

Answer 22

True

Question 23

List 2 factors which increase the susceptibility of a person developing PTSD:

Answer 23

• Low self-esteem
• Childhood abuse
• Unsupportive social environment

Question 24

List 4 signs or symptoms of PTSD:

Answer 24

• Re-experiencing the event
• Heightened arousal
• Heightened vigilance
• Avoidance

Question 25

The trauamtic life event which caused the PTSD must be either ____ or _____ .

Answer 25

• Life threatening

- Perceived as life-threatening

Question 26

List 2 resilience factors which may protect a person against PTSD:

Answer 26

• Well-developed coping strategies

- Safe and nurturing childhoods