Schizophrenia

Question 1

4 A’sof Schizophrenia

Answer 1

1. Autism
2. Ambivalence
3. Affective blunting/Flattening
4. Association: Lost

Question 2

Dementia praecox AKA

Answer 2

Schizophrenia

Question 3

Good prognosis of Psychosis

Answer 3

Manic depressive psychosis (AKA BPD)
1. Episodic
2. Mood symptoms

Question 4

Bad prognosis of Psychosis

Answer 4

Schizophrenia
1. Chronic and continuous
2. Cognitive decline

Question 5

First rank symptoms of Schizophrenia

Answer 5

3 auditory hallucinations
3 made phenomena
3 thought phenomena

Question 6

3 auditory hallucinations

Answer 6

1st person
2nd person: Commanding and commentary
3rd person

Question 7

3 made phenomena

Answer 7

Made impulse
Made volition
Made affect

Question 8

3 thought phenomena

Answer 8

Thought insertion
Thought broadcast
Thought withdrawal

Question 9

What is Somatic passivity/Delusion of control?

Answer 9

Believes being controlled by an external agency

Question 10

Diagnostic criteria for Schizophrenia

Answer 10

Foll symptoms seen for >1 month (ICD)/ >6 months (DSM):
1. Positive psychotic symptoms (Mesolimbic pathway):
>Delusion
>Halucination
>Disorganised thinking
>Disorganised/Catatonic behaviour
2. Negative psychotic symptoms(Mesocortical pathway):
>Apathy
>Avolition
>Attention deficit
>Anhedonia
>Alogia
>Affective blunting/flattening