Schizophrenia Flashcards
3 delusions of Schneider’s 1st rank symptoms
Delusional perception
Passivity phenomena
Thought interference (insertion, withdrawal, broadcast)
3 hallucinations of Schneider’s 1st rank symptoms
3rd person
Thought echo
Running commentary
5 negative symptoms
Alogia
Avolition
Anhedonia
Flat effect
Describe passivity phenomena
Belief that one’s thoughts and actions are controlled or influenced by an external factor
Describe the 5 subtypes of schizophrenia and their prominent features
Simple- negative symptoms
Paranoid- hallucination and delusions
Catatonic- slow thoughts and movements
Disorganized- disorganized speech and behaviors
Undifferentiated- no clear prominent features
Primary psychotic disorders x5
Delusional disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
Schizophreniform
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
True or false there are negative symptoms in brief psychotic disorder
False
Characteristic of the hallucinations in delusional disorder
They are linked or related to the delusions
What is the diagnoses for delusions that occur exclusively during mood episode
Depressive/ manic episode with psychotic features
Types of delusions x7
Nihilistic
Grandiose
Persecutory
Reference
Bizarre
Somatic
Erotomanic
Describe delusional perception
Misinterpreting external stimulus for delusions unrelated to persons life
Describe delusional reference
External stimuli misinterpreted in relation to the persons life
Causes of relapse of psychosis x2
Family dispute/dynamic
Negatively expressed emotions
Define treatment resistant schizophrenia
Persistence of symptoms despite 2+ trials of antipsychotics on adequate dose, adequate duration and documented adherence
Triad of neurolepsis and what causes it
Psychomotor retardation, emotional quieting, affective indifference
Caused by blockage of D2 on mesocortical pathway
