Psychosis & SZ Flashcards
Brian believes that his parents are trying to poison him because the government are controlling them, which psychopathology term is most appropriate?
Persecutory paranoid delusion
Brian believes that news articles on the television about world leaders’ phones being tapped are actually talking about him as he holds important government information?
Ideas of reference
“My guts have rotted, I can’t eat because I have no bowels” is an example of a ______
Nihilistic delusion
When Brian listens to the radio he can hear voices from elsewhere in the room telling him he must not think about the military information he has been given?
Functional hallucination
Brian believes he must not think about the military information as everyone else has access to his thoughts?
Thought broadcasting
Out of amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis and heroin, which is LEAST likely to cause drug induced psychosis?
Heroin
“Inability to distinguish subjective experience from reality” is the definition of ____
psychosis
Is insight present in psychosis?
nope
What is dementia praecox?
old term for schizophrenia
Can unipolar depression cause psychosis?
yes
What type of psychosis is most likely to occur in unipolar depression?
2nd person auditory hallucinations, mood congruent eg “you’re worthless”
What type of psychosis is most likely to occur in bipolar disorder?
2nd person auditory hallucinations, mood congruent eg. “you’re Christ”, “you’ve got a superpower”
“A fixed falsely held belief with no logical evidence” is the definition of ____
delusion
What is grandoise?
delusion of inflated self-worth
Give examples of drugs more likely to cause psychosis?
dopamine agonists, CCS
“A perception in the absence of of a stimulus” is the definition of _____
hallucination
When do physiological hallucinations occur?
hypnogogic or hypnopompic (upon wakening/ falling asleep)
also in sensory deprivation tank
“Giving innocuous events meaning” is the definition of _____, an example is thinking there is a message in newspaper for them
“giving innocuous events meaning” is the definition of IDEAS OF REFERENCE, an example is thinking there is a message in newspaper for them
Neologisms, tangentiality, Knight’s move thinking, clanging and verbigeration are all examples of _____
form of thought disorder
What is a neologism?
creating new words
What is tangentiality?
speaking about a topic unrelated to the discussion
What is Knight’s move thinking?
rapidly changes topic of conversation with unrelated ideas
What is clanging?
associating words by sound not meaning
What is verbigeration?
word salad
Thought insertion, thought withdrawal, thought broadcasting and thought blocking are all examples of _______
thought interference
What is thought insertion?
thinking thoughts are put into your head that aren’t yours
What is thought withdrawal?
thinking thoughts are being taken out of your head