Schizophrenia Flashcards

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schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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psychosis with altered cognition, perception and reality testing

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delusional disorder

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false thoughts or beliefs that have lasted 1 mon or more but not impair functioning

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grandiose delusions

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grand, over the top (i am president)

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persecutory delusions

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accusing someone (stole my pen when there was none)

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somatic delusions

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pain or injury that has never been there

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referential delusions

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people out to get you

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brief psychotic disorder

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delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonia lasting less than 1 mon w return to norm function

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schizophreniform disorder

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schiz symptoms lasting less than 6 months

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schizoaffective disorder

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depressive, mic or mixed episodes w schiz symptoms not caused by substance/condition

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substance induced or medical condition psychotic disorder

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delusions/hallucinations from illicit drugs, alc, meds or delirium, neuro disease

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schizophrenia

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psychosis w altered cognition, perception, reality testing that is highly hereditary from 15-25

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DSM-V criteria

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at least 2 every mon for 6 mon…delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonia, neg symptoms, functional impairment

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comorbidity of schiz

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substance use disorders, anxiety, depression, suicide, physical illness, polydipsia

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risk factors of schiz

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genetics w abnl in brain, prenatal stressors, neurobio w glutamate, dopamine, serotonin, environment

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prodromal phase of schiz

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prior to diagnosis with odd speech and thoughts, decreased concentration but able to maintain functioning

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acute phase of schiz

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acute symptoms from few/mild to many/severe with poor coping, functional impairment, hallucinations, delusions, apathy

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stabilization phase of schiz

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stabilized/diminished symptoms w prodromal functioning, medicated

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maintenance of residual schizophrenia

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stable condition w neg and cognitive symptoms

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general assessment

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pos, neg, cognitive, affective symptoms

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positive symptoms

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adding symtpoms like delusions, altered speech, concrete thinking, altered reality testing

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associative looseness (alter speech)

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word salad: jumble of words meaningless to listener
illogical thinking w poor concentration

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clang association (alter speech)

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words chosen based on sound w no correlation

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neologisms (alter speech)

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words that are put together that have meaning towards pt

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echolalia (alter speech)

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pathological repetition of another

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circumstantiality (abnl speech)

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unnecessary details in convo but soon getting to the point

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tangentiality (abnl speech)

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continuing to wander off topic but never reaching point of convo

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cognitive retardation (abnl speech)

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slowing cognition delaying thinking and responding

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pressured speech (abnl speech)

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urgent or intense speech and reluctance to allow comments from others

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flight of ideas (abnl speech)

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moving rapidly from one thought to the next making it difficult for people to follow

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symbolic speech (abnl speech)

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using words based on what they symbolize not what they mean

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thought blocking (distorted thoughts)

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reduction or stoppage of thought

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thought insertion (distorted thoughts

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often uncomfortable belief that someone has inserted into a pt brain

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thought deletion (distorted thoughts)

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belief that thoughts have been taken or missing

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magical thinking (distorted thoughts)

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believing that reality can be changed by thinking or unrelated actions

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paranoia (distorted thoughts)

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irrational fear ranging from mild to profound
mild: suspicious/guarded
profound: believing person will kill you

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hallucinations (alter perceptions)

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auditory:hearing voices/sounds
visual: seeing things
olfactory: smelling things
gustatory: tasting things
tactile: feeling body sensations
command: something telling you to do something

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illusions (alter perceptions)

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something morphing into something else

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depersonalization (alter perceptions)

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dissociation aka out of body experience

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derealization (alter perceptions)

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person saying they feel like they are in simulation

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catatonia (alter behavior)

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pronounced increase of decrease movement, useless motor activity

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motor retardation(alter behavior)

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pronounced slowing of movement

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motor agitation (alter behavior)

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excited behavior such as running/pacing

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stereotyped behaviors (alter behavior)

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repetitive behaviors that dont have logical purpose

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waxy flexibility

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wont move at all and trying to move but unable to

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echopraxia (alter behavior)

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mimicking of movements of another person

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negativism (alter behavior)

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tendency to risk or repose others

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impaired impulse control (alter behavior)

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reduced ability to resist impulses

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gesturing or posturing (alter behavior)

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assuming unusual and illogical expression, posture, positions

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boundary impairment

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impaired ability to sense one’s body or influence ends and other begins

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negative symptoms

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absence of symptoms/qualities

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anhedonia (neg symptom)

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reduced ability to experience pleasure and inability to enjoy things

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avolition (neg symptom)

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reduced motivation or goal directed behavior

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asociality (neg symptom)

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decreased desire for social interaction

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affective blunting (neg symptom)

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reduced or constricted affect

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apathy (neg symptom)

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decreased interest in activities

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alogia (neg symptom)

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reduction in speech

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affect

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outward expression of a person’s internal emotional state

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flat affect

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expressionless, unreadable

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blunted affect

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reduced or minimal emotional response

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constricted affect

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reduced in range

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inappropriate affect

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incongruent w actual emotion/situation

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bizarre affect

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odd, illogical and inappropriate and unfounded

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concrete thinking (cog)

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impaired ability to think abstractly (literal)

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impaired memory (cog)

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effect short term memory and ability to learn

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impaired info processing (cog)

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delayed responses, misperceptions and cant understand others

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impaired executive functioning (cog)

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difficulty w reasoning, priorities, comparing options

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anosognosia

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inability to realize you are ill, often refuse treatment

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affective symtpoms

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assess for depression with increase substance use/suicide, further impair functioning

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self assessment

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anxiety, fear, frustration

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assessment guidelines

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med problems, psychosis symptoms, drug/alc use, MSE, reality test

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nursing diagnoses

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hallucinations, delusions, risk for violence, distorted thinking, anosognosia, risk for suicide

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outcomes acute phase 1

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pt safety and stabilize

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outcomes stabilization phase 2

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understand illness/treatment, stabilize meds, cope w symptoms

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outcomes maintenance phase 3

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prevent relapse, independence

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planning acute phase 1

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strategies for pt safety and symptom stabilization

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planning maintenance phase 3

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pt/fam ed, relapse prevention

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acute implementation

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psych/med/neuro eval, psychopharmaco, psychoed, work w aggression, limit setting

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stabilization/maintenance implementation

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meds, relationships, safety, groups

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evaluation

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adjust treatment, communication, small goals

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anticholinergic toxicity

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no peristalsis, urinary retention, hallucinations, seizures, unstable vitals, delirium, agitation

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neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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excessive dopamine receptor blocking causing severe muscle rigidity, no speech, low consciousness, delirium, coma, resp failure

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severe neutropenia

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reduced neutrophil count and increased severe infections causing infection S/S

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prolonged QT interval

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delay of ventricular depolarization causing tachycardia, fainting, seizures, death

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liver impairment

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in first wks of therapy or clozapine causing jaundice, edema, ascities, vomit, pain

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metabolic syndrome

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wt gain, high blood glucose, risk of diabetes/cancer/cardio disease

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acute dystonia (EPS)

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sudden, sustained contraction

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akathisia (EPS)

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motor restlessness w inability to stay still

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pseudoparkinsonism (EPS)

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temporary symptoms resembling parkinsons

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tardive dyskinesia (EPS)

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involuntary rhythmic movements

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psychological therapies

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individual/group, psychoed, med prescription, health assess, fam therapy