Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
True about Schizophrenia
a. characterized in general by fundamental and characteristic distortions of thinking and perception, and affects
b. affect is generally blunted in schizophrenia
c. hallucinatory voices are common
d. AOTA
D
True of Schizophrenia EXCEPT
a. thought echo
b. thought insertion or withdrawal
c. thought broadcasting
d. thought disorders and negative symptoms
e. NOTA
f. AOTA
E
Schizophrenia occurs in young age, between __ to __ y.o.
16-25
Schizophrenia occurs with regular frequency nearly everywhere in the world in __% of population
1%
How long should signs and symptoms should be pressent for schizophrenia to be diagnosed?
at least 6 months
Definition of schizophrenia
a group of characteristic positive and negative symptoms, deterioration in social; occupational, or interpersonal relationships; continuous signs of the disturbance for at least 6 months.
This illness develops relatively early in life, and its course is likely deteriorating and chronic; deterioration reminded dementia is called
dementia precox
Who coined the term dementia precox?
Emil Kraepelin
coined the term schizophrenia
Eugen Blueler
He emphasized the role of psychotic symptoms, as hallucinations, delusions and gave them the privilege of “the first rank symptoms” even in the concept of the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Kurt Schneider
Blueler’s Fundamental Symptoms (4)
- affective blunting
- disturbance of association
- autism
- ambivalence
AfAm AAss
Who called the symptoms of schizophrenia, 4A’s
Blueler
The following are among Blueler’s secondary symptoms
a. affective blunting
b. hallucination
c. association, disturbance of
d. autism
B remember 4 A's 1. affective blunting 2. disturbance of association 3. autism 4. ambivalence
Blueler’s secondary symptoms (2)
hallucinations
delusions
3 stages of schizophrenia
prodromal
active
residual