Schizophrenia

Question 1

‘Dementia praecox’ means:

Answer 1

Early dementia

Question 2

What was schizophrenia formally known as?

Answer 2

Dementia praecox

Question 3

‘Schizo’ as in ‘schizophrenia’ means:

Answer 3

Splitting

Question 4

‘Phrenia’ in ‘schizophrenia’ means:

Answer 4

The mind or disorders of the mind.

Question 5

From which problematic idea around schizophrenia does its name also originate from?

Answer 5

People with schizophrenia has ‘split’ personalities

Question 6

Which Swiss psychiatrist came up with the 4 core features of schizophrenia?

Answer 6

Bleuler

Question 7

Name at least 1 of Bleuler’s core features of schizophrenia:

Answer 7

Associative disturbances. Affective disturbances. Preference for fantasy. Ambivalence.

Question 8

Why was the term “dementia praecox” problematic when referring to what is now known as schizophrenia?

Answer 8

Symptoms did not align with the development of dementia

Question 9

____ symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, hallucinations and disorganised speech: positive or negative.

Answer 9

Positive

Question 10

____ symptoms of schizophrenia include diminished emotion, expression or avolition: positive or negative.

Answer 10

Negative.

Question 11

Positive symptoms are the ___ of symptoms and negative symptoms are the ___ of symptoms: presence, absence.

Answer 11

Presence, absence.

Question 12

Name any problems or challenges involved with researching schizophrenia:

Answer 12

Diagnosis is varied and unreliable. Heterogeneity of classification. Some phenomena not captured in diagnostic criteria. Significant secondary effects.

Question 13

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is characterised by:

Answer 13

Disorganised or delusional speech

Question 14

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is characterised only by negative (reduced) symptoms: true or false?

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What is the most popular theory of the development of FTD in patients with schizophrenia?

Answer 15

Activation of the semantic memory

Question 16

Semantic priming (word associations) relies on:

Answer 16

The strength and speed of activation

Question 17

Memory characterised by rapid processing and unconscious awareness is:

Answer 17

Automatic

Question 18

Memory characterised by processing with conscious awareness is:

Answer 18

Controlled

Question 19

In the case study of Harry, his paranoid schizophrenia was closely correlated with an unstable family and upbringing. True or false?

Answer 19

False - Harry came from a seemingly stable, privileged upbringing.

Question 20

Name Harry’s diagnosis:

Answer 20

Paranoid schizophrenia

Question 21

Which personal struggles may have activated or exacerbated Harry’s schizophrenia?

Answer 21

Relationships ending, substance abuse

Question 22

Which voices did Harry claim to be able to hear?

Answer 22

Hi-5 - Charlie Robinson, Kellie Hoggart, Kathleen De Leon

Question 23

Charlie Robinson was the most malevolent of Harry’s voices, and also the most prominent. True or false?

Answer 23

False - Charlie was particularly malevolent, but the voice of Kellie was most prominent

Question 24

Name any of the antecedents that may have exacerbated Harry’s schizophrenia:

Answer 24

Anxiety, hallucinations, alcohol abuse, breaking up with his girlfriend

Question 25

What were Harry’s beliefs about his hallucinations?

Answer 25

Identity, intention, power

Question 26

Name the ways in which Harry may have coped with his hallucinations that further exacerbated his symptoms:

Answer 26

Alcohol, rubbing his head when hearing voices, sleeping with a knife under his pillow

Question 27

In what way might the fear Harry experienced as a result of his hallucinations exacerbate the problem?

Answer 27

Giving his voices ‘power’

Question 28

How might Harry combat the power he gives to his voices?

Answer 28

By not referring to them using their names

Question 29

Name any of the treatments administered to Harry to help him deal with his schizophrenia:

Answer 29

Anti-psychotic medication, CBT

Question 30

What should psychologists ideally do to ensure Harry does not relapse after treatment?

Answer 30

Provide him with the skills to maintain his relationships so that his relationship issues do not manifest into paranoia.