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Schizophrenia Flashcards

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Additional psychotic behaviors not commonly observed in adults, often causes them to lose touch with reality.

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Positive Symptoms

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Trouble logically connecting thoughts, leading to a garbled way of speaking.

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Disorganized thinking

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Brain’s natural filtering mechanism is impaired, results in an abundance of sensory info that cant be correctly processed.

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Sensory Overload

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Individual stops speaking in mid-sentence as if the thought disappeared from their head.

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Thought Blocking

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Person uses meaningless words that only have meaning to them.

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Neologisms

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Person rapidly switches from one topic to to another, with no apparent connection between them.

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Loose association

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Person repeatedly uses rhyming words without apparent meaning.

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Clang

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Person uses the same words or phrases over and over.

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Perseveration

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The most common psychotic disorder. Manifestations include psychosis, disorganized thinking, disruptive behavior, etc.

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Schizophrenia

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Abnormal mental state characterized by a number of features, including delusions, hallucinations, and illusions

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Psychosis

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False beliefs without basis in reality

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Delusions

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Sensory experiences of things that are not present

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Hallucinations

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Distorted perceptions of actual sights, sounds, and other stimuli.

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Illusions

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Belief that people are “out to get them,” either by following them or intending them harm.

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Paranoia

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Communication patterns that are distracting and confusing to listeners who are trying to share a common focus or meaning with a speaker.
Ex: parent responds to kid with off-topic answers that are confusing to a kid.

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Communication deviance

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Contradictory family interactions.

Ex: parent abuses kid and yet reassures kid that they are loved.

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Double-bind theory

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Inability to start or finish goal-oriented activities that interferes with a persons ability to lead a normal life.

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Disorganized behavior

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How may disorganized behavior manifest?

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  • bizarre actions
  • impulse control problems
  • overreactive affect
  • inappropriate affect
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Persons reaction is suitable but out of proportion to the circumstance.

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Overreactive affect

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Persons emotional response is incongruent with the situation.

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Inappropriate affect

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Additional body movements: may appear agitated, repetitious, purposeless.

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Movement disorders

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Unresponsiveness to the environment or others. May adopt bizarre postures and/or resist repositioning.

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Catatonia (a movement disorder)

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Absence of normal behavior and emotions.

Correlated w/ CNS white matter abnormalities & changes in dopamine function.

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Negative symptoms

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Impoverished thinking, resulting in nominal speech pattern, even during forced interaction.

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Alogia

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Due to lack of motivation, the person is progressively unable to function in daily life, at home, work or socially.

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Avolition

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Unable to feel pleasure and loses interest in life. May result in decreased socialization & withdrawal.

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Anhedonia

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Forgets to bathe or change and wash clothing.

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Neglect of personal hygiene

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incorrect recall of facts and events with a certainty that this recalled information is correct. Leads to impaired decision making.

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Memory impairment

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Focus primarily on facts & details, coupled with inability to think abstractly.

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Concrete thinking

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Impairments to persons cognitive skills lead to faulty reasoning, affects everyday functioning & social relationships.

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Poor problem solving

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High distractibility & reduced concentration r/t obstructed info processing & response mechanisms.

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Lack of focus.

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Ex:

“My neighbor is manipulating all of my thoughts and actions through use of a special remote control.”

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Delusions of control

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“Every woman on the planet want to go out with me. I’m so busy turning them down that I barely have time for all my dates with Angelina Jolie.”

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Erotomanic delusions

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“I am Abraham Lincoln. The country needs me at this critical time of division, and they will be calling on me any day now.”

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Delusions of grandeur

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“The letter carrier is really a covert government agent. he’s watching me through my vents and monitoring my communications. he’ll do whatever he can to get to me.”

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Delusions of persecution

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“That billboard is giving me orders for a secret mission. It’s telling me to watch the employees in the grocery store for antigovernment activity, then report back with my observations.”

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Delusions of reference

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“An angel contacted me through the crucifix in my bedroom. he told me I’m a new prophet and must spread God’s word in the streets to save people from eternal damnation.”

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Religious delusions

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“Everything I do is wrong, and everyone despises me because of it. My family hates me, my friends hate me, and even Gad hates me.”

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Delusions of sin and guilt

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“Green worms are slowly eating my body from the inside out. Pretty soon, all of my organs are going to stop working.”

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Somatic delusions

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“I know that you know what I’m thinking right now. You can hear all my thoughts. In fact, everyone can.”

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Delusions involving thought broadcasting.

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“My thoughts are not my own. The CIA is inserting thoughts and ideas into my head.”

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Delusions involving thought insertion

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“I can’t remember what I was going to tell you. Someone keeps stealing the thoughts from my head before I share them with you.”

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Delusions involving thought withdrawal

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Person shows minimal facial expression and movement, sometimes speaking in a monotone voice.

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Flat affect.

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Disorder that experiences hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought, and disorganized behavior.

  • Has at least ONE manic episode
  • OR ONE period of major depression
  • psychotic symptoms persist 2+ weeks
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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Brief episode of typically positive psychotic behavior; such as: hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders, & disorganized behavior.
-Lasts between 1 day & 1 month.

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Brief psychotic disorder

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Presents similarly to schizophrenia - symptoms last 1 to 6 months. May not have as much difficulty function in daily life.

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Schizophreniform Disorder

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