Psychotic Disorders Flashcards

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Psychosis (Definition)

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A Break from reality involving:

  • Delusions
  • Perceptual Disturbances
  • Disordered Thinking
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Examples of Psychosis Disorders

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Schizophrenia and substance-induced psychosis

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Disordered thought (types)

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Disorders of thought content and thought process

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Disorders of thought content

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Reflect the patiet’s beliefs, ideas, and interpretations of his or her surroundings.

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Disorders of thought process

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Reflect the manner in which the patient links ideas and words together

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Disorders of thought content, examples

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PAranoid delusions, ideas of reference, and loss of ego boundaries

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Disorders of thought process, examples

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Tangentiality, circumstantiality, loosening of associations, thought blocking, perseveration

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Delusions

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Fixed, false beliefs that cannot be altered by rational arguments and cannot be accounted for by the cultural background of the individual.

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Paranoid delusion

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Irrational belief that one is being persecuted

“The CIA is after me and taps my phone”

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Ideas of reference

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Belief that some event is uniquely related to the individual.
“Jesus is speaking to me through TV characters”

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Thought broadcasting

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Belief that one’s thoughts can be heard by others

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Delusions of grandeur

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belief that one has special powers beyond those of a normal person.
“I am the all-powerful son of God and I shall bring down my wrath on you if I cannot have a smoke.”

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Delusions of guilt

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False belief that one is guilty or responsible for something.
“I caused the flood in Mozambique”

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Hallucination

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Sensory perception without an actual external stimulus

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Auditory hallucination

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Most commonly exhibited by schizophrenic patients

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Visual halluciantion

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Commonly seen with drug intoxication

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Olfactory hallucination

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Usually an aura associated with epilepsy

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Tactile hallucination

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Usually secondary to drug (cocaine) abuse or alcohol withdrawal

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Illusion

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Misinterpretation of an existing sensory stimulus (such as mistaking a shadow for a cat)

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Psychosis secondary to General Medical Condition

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Medical causes of psychosis include: CNS Disease, Endocrinopathies, Nutritional/Vitamin Deficiency states, Other

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Loss of ego boundaries

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Unawareness of where one’s mind and body end and those of others begin

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CNS Disease as a medical cause of psychosis

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Cerebrovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, neoplasm, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, temporal lobe epilepsy, encephalitis, prion disease

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Endocrinopathies as a medical cause of psychosis

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Addison’s/Cushing’s diease, hyper/hypothyroidism, hyper/hypocalcemia, hypopituitarism

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Nutritional/Vitamin Deficiency states as a medical cause of psychosis

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Deficiency in B12, folate, and niacin

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Other medical causes of psychosis
Connective tissue disease (SLE, temporal arteritis) and porphyria
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DSM-IV criteria for psychotic disorder secondary to a general medical condition include:
- Prominent hallucinations or delusions - Symptoms do not occur only during episode of delirium - Evidence to support medical cause from lab data, history, or physical
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Psychosis secondary to medication or substance use
Due to: antidepressants, antiparkinsonian agents, antihypertensives, antihistamines, anticonvulsants, digitalis, beta blockers, antituberculosis agents, corticosteroids, hallucinogens, amphetamines, opiates, bromid, heavy metal toxicity, and alcohol.
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Psychosis secondary to medication or substance use. DSM IV Criteria
- Prominent hallucinations or delusions - Symptoms do not occur only during episode of delirium - Evidence to support medication or substance-related cause from lab data, history, or physical - Disturbances is not better accounted for by a psychotic disorder that is not substance-induced.