Schizophrenia Flashcards
schizophrenia spectrum disorders
psychosis with altered cognition, perception and reality testing
delusional disorder
false thoughts or beliefs that have lasted 1 mon or more but not impair functioning
grandiose delusions
grand, over the top (i am president)
persecutory delusions
accusing someone (stole my pen when there was none)
somatic delusions
pain or injury that has never been there
referential delusions
people out to get you
brief psychotic disorder
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonia lasting less than 1 mon w return to norm function
schizophreniform disorder
schiz symptoms lasting less than 6 months
schizoaffective disorder
depressive, mic or mixed episodes w schiz symptoms not caused by substance/condition
substance induced or medical condition psychotic disorder
delusions/hallucinations from illicit drugs, alc, meds or delirium, neuro disease
schizophrenia
psychosis w altered cognition, perception, reality testing that is highly hereditary from 15-25
DSM-V criteria
at least 2 every mon for 6 mon…delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonia, neg symptoms, functional impairment
comorbidity of schiz
substance use disorders, anxiety, depression, suicide, physical illness, polydipsia
risk factors of schiz
genetics w abnl in brain, prenatal stressors, neurobio w glutamate, dopamine, serotonin, environment
prodromal phase of schiz
prior to diagnosis with odd speech and thoughts, decreased concentration but able to maintain functioning
acute phase of schiz
acute symptoms from few/mild to many/severe with poor coping, functional impairment, hallucinations, delusions, apathy
stabilization phase of schiz
stabilized/diminished symptoms w prodromal functioning, medicated
maintenance of residual schizophrenia
stable condition w neg and cognitive symptoms
general assessment
pos, neg, cognitive, affective symptoms
positive symptoms
adding symtpoms like delusions, altered speech, concrete thinking, altered reality testing
associative looseness (alter speech)
word salad: jumble of words meaningless to listener
illogical thinking w poor concentration
clang association (alter speech)
words chosen based on sound w no correlation
neologisms (alter speech)
words that are put together that have meaning towards pt
echolalia (alter speech)
pathological repetition of another
circumstantiality (abnl speech)
unnecessary details in convo but soon getting to the point
tangentiality (abnl speech)
continuing to wander off topic but never reaching point of convo
cognitive retardation (abnl speech)
slowing cognition delaying thinking and responding
pressured speech (abnl speech)
urgent or intense speech and reluctance to allow comments from others
flight of ideas (abnl speech)
moving rapidly from one thought to the next making it difficult for people to follow
symbolic speech (abnl speech)
using words based on what they symbolize not what they mean
thought blocking (distorted thoughts)
reduction or stoppage of thought
thought insertion (distorted thoughts
often uncomfortable belief that someone has inserted into a pt brain
thought deletion (distorted thoughts)
belief that thoughts have been taken or missing
magical thinking (distorted thoughts)
believing that reality can be changed by thinking or unrelated actions
paranoia (distorted thoughts)
irrational fear ranging from mild to profound
mild: suspicious/guarded
profound: believing person will kill you
hallucinations (alter perceptions)
auditory:hearing voices/sounds
visual: seeing things
olfactory: smelling things
gustatory: tasting things
tactile: feeling body sensations
command: something telling you to do something