PSYCHOSES

Question 1

What is the duration of symptoms to qualify for schizophrenia?

Answer 1

6 months

6 months of illness with 1 month of acute symptoms along with FUNCTIONAL DECLINE*

Question 2

Criteria for Schizophrenia

Answer 2

(2 or more of the following and at least 1 must be hallucination, delusion, or disorganized speech)

1. hallucinations

2. delusions

3. disorganized speech

4. disorganized thinking
5. abnormal behavior

Question 3

types of hallucinations​

Answer 3

• AUDITORY* (MC type): voice is often in 3rd person or can be command hallucinations
• Visual: simple (flashing light) or complex (seeing faces)
• Olfactory: stench or foul smells common
• Tactile: insects on skin or being touched
• Somatic: sensation arising from within the body
• Gustatory: can be a part of persecutory delusions (tasting poison in food)

Question 4

What is the term for sensory perception without a physical stimuli?

Answer 4

hallucination

Question 5

What is a delusion and what are the different types?

Answer 5

a fixed belief held with strong conviction despite evidence tot he contrary

• Persecutory: person or force is interfering with them, observing them or wishes harm to them
• Reference: random events take on a personal significance (directed at them) (like certain news bulletins are directed to them specifically)
• Control: some agency takes control of patient’s thoughts, feelings & behaviors
• Grandiose: unrealistic beliefs in one’s powers & abilities
• Nihilism: exaggerated belief in the futility of everything & catastrophic events
• Erotomanic: believes nother person is in love with them
• Jealousy: somebody is suspected of being unfaithful
• Doubles: believes a family member or close person has been replaced by an identical double