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Question 1

schizophrenia

Answer 1

psychotic disorder characterized by loss of touch with reality

Question 2

positive symptoms

Answer 2

symptoms that add a behavior, thought, or feeling

Question 3

negative symptoms

Answer 3

symptoms that take a way a behavior, thought, or feeling

Question 4

blunted affect

Answer 4

emotions that are experienced less intensely

Question 5

anhedonia

Answer 5

inability to experience pleasure

Question 6

flat affect

Answer 6

feeling very little emotion

Question 7

paranoid type of schizophrenia

Answer 7

mainly positive symptoms & is the most common type of schizophrenia

Question 8

disorganized type of schizophrenia

Answer 8

mainly negative symptoms

Question 9

catatonic type of schizophrenia

Answer 9

entirely immobile or in motion with no purpose

Question 10

undifferentiated type of schizophrenia

Answer 10

people who have symptoms of schizophrenia that cannot be categorized into a specific type

Question 11

residual type of schizophrenia

Answer 11

positive symptoms at very low intensity

Question 12

differences in the brain due to schizophrenia (or causes of schizophrenia)

Answer 12

• less active prefrontal cortex
• more brain activity in temporal and occipital lobes/cortexes
• basal ganglia is larger
• amygdala is smaller
• neurotransmitters are different (such as increases levels of dopamine)

Question 13

prodromal phase of schizophrenia

Answer 13

beginning phase where symptoms begin to show, such as isolation, and non-psychotic symptoms

Question 14

active phase of schizophrenia

Answer 14

full-blown psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions

Question 15

residual phase

Answer 15

similar to the prodromal phase, where the symptoms are not as obvious

Question 16

delusion

Answer 16

belief in something false even if there is evidence proving it’s false

Question 17

delusional disorder

Answer 17

having continuious delusions that seem very real for over a month

Question 18

erotomanic type of delusion

Answer 18

delusions involve someone loving the person with the delusions

Question 19

grandiose type of delusion

Answer 19

delusions involve the patient believing they are more wealthy, powerful, and famous than they actually are

Question 20

jealous type of delusion

Answer 20

holding onto beliefs with more tenacity than a normal jealous person

Question 21

persecutory type of delusion

Answer 21

delusions involve believing they are being mistreated
- one of the most common types

Question 22

somatic type of delusion

Answer 22

delusions involve focusing on physical ailments (believing you are sick when you’re not)

Question 23

mixed type of delusion

Answer 23

combonation of erotomatic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, and somatic type of delusion

Question 24

unspecified type of delusion

Answer 24

delusions that cannot fall into a specific category of defined delusions

Question 25

schizoaffective disorder

Answer 25

mental disorder that is a combo of a mood disorder and schizophrenia

Question 26

bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder

Answer 26

symptoms of bipolar disorder, mood swings, hallucinations, and delusions

Question 27

depressive type of schizoaffective disorder

Answer 27

a major depressive episode, no manic episodes, hallucinations, delusions, and feelings of worthlessness

Question 28

comorbidity

Answer 28

when a patient has more than one disease or disorder

Question 29

brief psychotic disorder

Answer 29

mental illness that includes experiencing psychotic symptoms that last for at least one day but not more than one month.
- hallucinations
- delusions

Question 30

brief psychotic disorder with a stressor

Answer 30

major event or thing involving stress causes a brief psychotic episode

Question 31

brief psychotic disorder without a stressor

Answer 31

the psychotic episode is not caused by a stressful event or thing

Question 32

brief psychotic disorder with postpartum onset

Answer 32

hormones from pregnancy can lead to a psychotic episode

Question 33

antipsychotic drugs

Answer 33

reduce psychotic symptoms by slowing down dopamine in the brain

Question 33

atypical antipsychotics

Answer 33

reduce psychotic symptoms by slowing down dopamine AND serotonin in the brain