Introduction to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Question 1

What are the four classes of information used by the DSM5TR used to distinguish between various types of psychoses?

Answer 1

1. Type of Psychotic symptom
2. Course of illness
3. Consequences of illness
4. Exclusions

Question 2

5 types of psychotic symptoms

Answer 2

1. Delusions
2. Hallucinations
3. Disorganized thinking
4. Abnormal behavior
5. Negative symptoms

Question 3

A false belief that the patient cannot be persuaded to reject desite eividenc to the contrary.

Answer 3

Delusion

Question 4

Erotomanic delusion

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Believing someone of a higher station is in love with you

Question 5

Grandeur delusion

Answer 5

Believe you are of an exalted station (God, movie star, very talented, etc.)

Question 6

Guilt delusion

Answer 6

Believing you have committed an unpardonable sin or grave error.

Question 7

Jealousy delusion

Answer 7

Believing a partner has been unfaithful

Question 8

Nihilism delusion

Answer 8

Believeing a catastrophe is going to happen

Question 9

Passivity delusion

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A person is controlled or manipulated by an outside influence (i.e., radio waves)

Question 10

Persecution delusion

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An individual is being followed, hounded, or interefered with.

Question 11

Poverty delusion

Answer 11

Person believes they are facing destitution when they are not.

Question 12

Reference delusion

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Interpreting gestures or comments of others or ordinary occurrences in the environment as having special personal meaning (i.e., being talked about on TV or on the radio)

Question 13

Somatic delusion

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Believeing you have a disease, altered body function or offensive body odor.

Question 14

Thought control delusion

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Believing others are placing thoughts in your mind.

Question 15

False sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of a related senosry stimulus.

Answer 15

Hallucinations

Question 16

Most common hallucinations

Answer 16

Auditory

Question 17

True or false: A person mut not back able to perceive that the hallucination is fake for it to be classified as a hallucination.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or false: A hallucination must occur when the person is fully awake to count as a hallucination.

Answer 18

True. They cannot be just waking up, falling asleep, or be delirious.

Question 19

Examples of disorganized speech

Answer 19

1. Derailment
2. Tangentiality
3. incoherence/”word salad”

Question 20

The individual switches from one topic to another so severely that it impairs effective communication.

Answer 20

Derailment or loose associations

Question 21

Answers to questions may be indirectly related or not related at all such that it impairs effective communication.

Answer 21

Tangentiality

Question 22

Speech is severely disorganized it impairs effective communication.

Answer 22

incoherence/”word salad”

Question 23

Physical actions that do not appear goal-oriented

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Grossly disorganized or abnormal behavior

Question 24

Example of grossly disorganized or abnormal behavior

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Catatonic activity

Question 25

A reduced range of expression of emotion

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Negativism

Question 26

Reductions in the expression of emotions in the face, eye contact, intonation of speech, and movement sof the hanbd, head, and face that normally give an emotional emphasis to speech.

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Diminished emotional expression

Question 27

A lack of motivation or reduced drive to complete goal-directed activities,

Answer 27

Avolition

Question 28

Algoia

Answer 28

Diminished speech output

Question 29

Anhedonia

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Decreased ability to experience pleasure.

Question 30

Lack of interest in social interactions.

Answer 30

Asociality