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Lecture 6- Schizophrenia Flashcards

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Schizophrenia Clinical Description

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Deterioration from normal functioning level
Loss of contact with reality
Impacts multiple areas of cognition, emotion, and behavior

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Schizophrenia Lifetime Prevalence

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1% of population
M = F

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Gender Differences in Schizophrenia

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Males have earlier onset (15-25) and worse prognosis with more negative symptoms
Females have later onset (25-35) and better prognosis

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Kraepelin’s View of Schizophrenia

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Dementia Praecox
Cognitive deterioration with early onset and chronic course

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Bleuler’s View of Schizophrenia

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Coined term
3 components:
Fragmentation of thought
Split between thoughts and emotions
Withdrawal from reality
Distinguished types of symptoms
Fundamental assumptions (Negative)
Accessory symptoms (Positive)

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Positive Schizophrenia Symptoms

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Additions
Delusions
Hallucination
Formal Thought Disorder
Heightened Perceptions
Inappropriate Affect

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Delusions

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False beliefs despite contrary evidence
Grandeur
Ideas of Reference
Persecution
Control

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Hallucinations

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Perceptions without external stimuli

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Formal thought Disorder

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Disturbance in production and organization of speech
Loose associations
Neologisms
Perseveration
Rhyme

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Heightened perceptions

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Intensified sensory perception that leads to attention and perceptual issues

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Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms

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Deficits
Poverty of Speech
Blunted and Flat Affect
Avolition
Social Withdrawal

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Psychomotor Schizophrenia Symptoms

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Not always present
Awkward movements, odd gestures, repeated grimaces
Catatonia

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Catatonia

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Loss of spontaneous muscle movement

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Schizophrenia Diagnostic Criteria

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2+ Symptoms in 1 month
Social or occupational dysfunctions
Symptoms lasting over 6 months
Not better explained by another disorder

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Schizophrenia Subtypes

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Catatonic
Disorganized
Paranoid
Undifferentiated
Residual

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Schizophrenia Phases

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Prodromal- Early functional impairment with some symptoms
Acute- Positive and negative symptoms
Chronic- Mostly negative symptoms, most impairment

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Schizophrenia Prognosis Rates

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20-30% lead normal lives
20-30% experience moderate symptoms
40-60% experience significant impairment

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Process Schizophrenia

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Poor premorbid function, introverted, early onset, not married
Leads to poor prognosis

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Reactive Schizophrenia

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Late onset, married, mostly positive symptoms, good support system
Leads to better prognosis

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Schizophreniform Disorder

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Identical symptoms that last under 6 months

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Brief psychotic disorder

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Positive symptoms that last up to 1 month
No negative symptoms

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Schizophrenia diagnosis in addition to meeting mood disorder criteria

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Delusional Disorder

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Delusions without other schizophrenia symptoms

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Shared Psychotic Disorder

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Psychotic person influences normal person who begins showing symptoms

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Schizophrenia Treatment Methods

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Antipsychotics
Family psychoeducation
Assertive community treatment
Educational or vocational help

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Biological theories of schizophrenia

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Birth complications
Viral exposure in utero
Genetic heritability
Dopamine hypothesis

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Anatomical factors of schizophrenia

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Enlarged ventricles and brain atrophy

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Environmental factors of schizophrenia

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Migration, urban upbringing, traumatic events, drug use, stressors, emotional triggers

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Leff (1976) Study

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Found that High Expressed Emotion in households is linked with relapse

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Expressed emotion

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Critical
Over-involvement
Over-attentive
Hostile

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Hogarty (1991) Study

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Found that family education and social skills training, in conjunction with medication, can reduce relapse rates

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Day et. al. (1987) Study

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Found that stressful life events can trigger and precede relapse

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