Schizophrenia

Question 1

Causes of Schizophrenia?

Answer 1

Believed to be imbalance of dopamine

Question 2

Why is diagnosing schizophrenia difficult?

Answer 2

No single symptom is present solely in schizophrenia and never in another illness.

Question 3

List the four symptoms of Schizophrenia

Answer 3

Hallucinations, Delusions, Neologisms, Loose Associations

Question 4

Describe Hallucinations

Answer 4

Sensory perceptions without a stimulus.
Usually auditory
Tend to start nice and helpful, then degenerate, becoming mean and degrading

Question 5

Describe delusions

Answer 5

False beliefs or misinterpretations of events and their significance

Question 6

Define Neologisms

Answer 6

Sufferer makes up words meaningful to them but to no one else

Question 7

Loose Associations

Answer 7

Sufferer talks about one thing then drifts off on a train of thought that listener finds hard to follow

Question 8

What are the three kinds of Schizophrenia

Answer 8

Disorganized, catatonic, paranoid.

Question 9

Define disorganized schizophrenia

Answer 9

-Disorganized thinking (think in illogical nonsensical thought patterns such as neologisms and loose association)
-Grossly disorganized behavior
(Affects everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, caring for others)

Question 10

What does the word Schizophrenia mean?

Answer 10

Split mind