Psychosis

Question 1

A disordered perception of reality characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and/or disorganized thinking

Answer 1

Psychosis

Question 2

Perceptions in the absence of external stimuli (e.g. seeing a light that is not actually present)

Answer 2

Hallucination

Question 3

False beliefs about oneself or others that persist despite the facts (e.g. thinking the CIA is spying on you)

Answer 3

Delusion

Question 4

Words and ideas are strung together based on sounds, puns, or “loose associations”

Answer 4

Disorganized Speech

Question 5

What type of hallucination is associated with medical illnesses (e.g. drug intoxication)?

Answer 5

Visual

Question 6

What type of hallucination is associated with psychiatric illness (e.g. schizophrenia)?

Answer 6

Auditory

Question 7

This type of hallucination often occurs as an aura of psychomotor epilepsy and in brain tumors

Answer 7

Olfactory

Question 8

This is a very rare type of hallucination

Answer 8

gustatory

Question 9

This type of hallucination is common in alcohol withdrawal and also seen in cocaine users

Answer 9

Tactile - e.g. the sensation of bugs crawling on one’s skin

Question 10

This type of hallucination occurs when going to sleep

Answer 10

Hypnagogic

Question 11

This type of hallucination occurs while waking from sleep

Answer 11

Hypnopompic

Question 12

Chronic mental disorder with periods of psychosis, disturbed behavior and thought, and decline in functioning that lasts > 6 months. Associated with increase in dopaminergic activity, decline in dendritic branching

Answer 12

Schizophrenia

Question 13

Diagnosis of Schizophrenia requires 2 of the 5

Answer 13

+ Symptoms

Delusions
Hallucinations - often auditory
Disorganized speech - loose associations
Disorganized or catatonic behavior

• Symptoms

flat affect, social withdrawal, lack of motivation, lack of speech or thought

Question 14

A brief psychotic disorder lasts ________ month and is usually stress related

Answer 14

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Question 15

Schizophreniform disorder lasts _____ months

Answer 15

1-6

Question 16

Schizoaffective disorder is defined as at least __ weeks of stable mood with psychotic symptoms plus a major depressive, manic, or mixed episode. 2 sybtypes - bipolar or depressive.

Answer 16

2

Question 17

Delusions + SZ =

Answer 17

Paranoid Subtype

Question 18

Disorganized speech, behavior, affect + SZ =

Answer 18

Disorganized

Question 19

Unconscious behaviors (automatisms) + SZ =

Answer 19

Catatonic

Question 20

Frequent _________ use is associated with psychosis/schizophrenia in teens.

Answer 20

Cannabis

Question 21

Schizophrenia presents earlier in ______ than in ______.

Answer 21

Men (late teens to early 20s), Women (late 20s to early 30s)

Question 22

Schizophrenia patients are at increased risk for ________

Answer 22

suicide

Question 23

Fixed, persistent, nonbizarre belief system lasting > 1 month

Functioning otherwise not impaired

Answer 23

Delusional disorder

Question 24

Development of delusions in a person in a close relationship with someone with delusional disorder. Often resolves upon separation.

Answer 24

Shared psychotic disorder (folie a deux)