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Exam 3 - Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders Flashcards

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1
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What is the hallmark of schizophrenia?

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psychosis - a significant loss of contact with reality

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When was the first clinical description of schizophrenia?

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1810

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What are the risk factors for schizophrenia?

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  • Lifetime prevalence​
  • Age of father​
  • Country​
  • Onset age​
  • Gender
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What is the age of onset for schizophrenia? Gender differences?

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  • 18-30
  • Males peak @ 20-24
  • Women peak @ 40 and just after 60
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What are the hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • delusions
  • hallucinations
  • disorganized speech
  • disorganized and catatonic behavior
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Delusions

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  • erroneous belief
  • fixed and firmly held
  • disturbance in the content of thought
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Hallucinations

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  • sensory experience, can occur in any sensory modality, but the most common is auditory
  • seems real but occurs in absence of any external perceptual stimulus
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What are neologisms?

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form of disorganized speech, made up words that sound like real words

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Disorganized speech

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  • manifestation of delusions
  • failure to make sense - have a multitude of thoughts in the middle of sentences
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Disorganized and catatonic behavior

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  • impairment of goal-directed activity
  • occurs in areas of daily functioning
  • almost no movement
  • disregard personal safety and hygiene
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What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • delusions and hallucinations
  • normal people do not exhibit these symptoms
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What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • decreased speech and catatonia
  • absence or deficit of normally present behaviors
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Schizoaffective disorder

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have all of the symptoms of schizophrenia, and a mood disorder

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Schizophreniform disorder

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schizophrenia symptoms for no longer than 6 months, usually about 1 month

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Delusional disorder

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normal overall, but have delusions

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Brief psychotic disorder

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experience all of the symptoms of schizophrenia for only a few days due to stress

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Shared psychotic disorder

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sharing a delusion with someone

18
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Genetic factors are clearly implicated in schizophrenia. True or false?

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True, the closer the relation, the more at risk

19
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What are the prenatal exposure causal factors for schizophrenia?

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  • prenatal infections
  • rhesus incompatibility (R+ mom and R- infant)
  • early nutritional deficiencies
  • perinatal birth complications (hypoxia, breaching, etc.)
20
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Brain lesions/abnormalities lie ______ until normal developmental changes occur.

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dormant

21
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What brain areas are abnormal in schizophrenia?

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  • decreased brain volume
  • enlarged ventricles
  • frontal lobe dysfunction (underactive frontal lobe)
  • reduced volume of the thalamus
  • abnormalities in temporal lobe areas (auditory stimuli are processed here)
22
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Brain abnormalities are found in all patients with schizophrenia. True or false?

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False

23
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Which neurotransmitters are implicated in schizophrenia, and what symptoms are they responsible for?

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  • dopamine - positive symptoms
  • glutamate - positive and negative symptoms
24
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The ____________ of the brain may also be implicated in schizophrenia.

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cytoarchitecture

25
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Do “bad families” cause schizophrenia?

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No, they are not the sole cause, but they can cause a relapse or be a trigger for it.

26
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What are the psychosocial and cultural aspects of schizophrenia?

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  • socioeconomic status
  • immigrants
  • cannabis smokers
27
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What are the pharmacological treatments for schizophrenia? Which of these helps with positive and negative symptoms?

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  • antipsychotics and second-generation antipsychotics
  • second-generation antipsychotics
28
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What are the psychosocial approaches to treating schizophrenia?

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  • family therapy
  • case management
  • social-skills training
  • cognitive remediation
  • CBT (not as effective for negative symptoms)
  • stress management to avoid relapse
29
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Who is Wednesday the Rat?

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Jenny’s hallucination/delusion

30
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What is the long-term institutionalization rate for individuals with schizophrenia?

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about 12%

31
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How many patients with schizophrenia had improved?

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about 38% in 15-25 year outcomes

32
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What are neologisms?

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form of disorganized speech, made up words that sound like real words

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