Psychosis Flashcards
1
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classic characteristics of psychosis?
A
- hallucinations
- delusions
- disorder of form of thought
2
Q
is there insight present in pyschosis?
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lack of insight (characteristic of psychosis)
3
Q
what is hallucination?
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perception which occurs in the absence of external stimulus
4
Q
types of hallucinations?
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- visual
- auditory
- olfactory
- gustatory (hearing sounds)
- tactile (skin)
- haptic (gut)
5
Q
ideas of reference
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- thinking there are messages in newspaper
- news on TV talking to them directly
- hidden meaning
- people talking about them
- radio broadcasting in a way to tell them something
- seeing meaning in people gestures
6
Q
Delusions of reference
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- people laughing at me
- TV transmitting messages
- second coming of christ
7
Q
Delusion can be primary or secondary
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- primary - fully formed in conscious
- secondary- often attempts to explain random shit (hallucination, passivity phenomenon, etc)
8
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types of delusion
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- paranoid
- persecutory
- grandiose
-religious - misidentification (Capgras, fregoli)
- guilt
- sin
- poverty
- nihilistic (capgras)
- erotomania (de clerambault)
- jealousy (Othello)
- of reference
9
Q
thought insertion
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thought being put in ones head
10
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thought withdrawal
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someone taking their thoughts away
11
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thought broadcasting
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everyone knows what I am thinking
12
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thought blocking
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halfway thinking something and then the thought goes away/dries up
13
Q
3rd person auditory hallucination suggest which diagnosis?
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schizophrenia
14
Q
2nd person auditory hallucinations? (accusing/insulting/threatening)
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depressive psychosis
15
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Mania with psychosis
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- delusion of grandeur
-special ability
-persecution - religiosity
- 2nd person hallucination
- flight of ideas
