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What are the subtypes of schizophrenia?

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Paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual

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What types of behavior characterizes schizophrenia?

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Hallucinations, delusions, behavioral disturbances, disrupted social functioning

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What is the prevalence of schizophrenia in the US?

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1% of the population

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Symptoms of schizophrenia must be present continuously for how long to achieve the official diagnosis?

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6 months

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What are the “active” symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Hallucinations and delusions

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What is the difference between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Positive ones are ADDITIONS to normal thought; negative ones are a LACK thereof or a DEFICIT of behavior

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Are disorganized thinking, hallucinations, inappropriate affect, and delusions are example of positive or negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Positive

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Are avolition, flat affect, decreased emotional reactivity, and alogia examples of positive or negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Negative

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What is the usual age of onset for schizophrenia in both genders?

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Males - 18

Women - 25

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Why is life expectancy shorter among those with schizophrenia?

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40% attempt suicide (10-20% successfully)

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Is schizophrenia hereditary?

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Yes but not sufficient to cause it alone without other factors

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If you have a full sibling with schizophrenia, what is the chance you will develop it, as well?

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10%

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If you have a parent with schizophrenia, what is the chance you will develop it, as well?

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13%

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If you have an identical twin with schizophrenia, what is the chance you will develop it, as well?

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42%

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If you have two parents with schizophrenia, what is the chance you will develop it, as well?

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46%

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Which gender tends to have more severe schizophrenic symptoms?

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Males

17
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Which gender tends to develop schizophrenia later in life?

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Females

18
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Changes in which specific hormones are commonly seen in patients with schizophrenia?

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Prolactin, melatonin, thyroid

19
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There is a large hypothesis that excess of which specific neurotransmitter in the CNS is central to the development of schizophrenic like symptoms?

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Dopamine

20
Q

Is there any sort of pathognomonic lesion associated with schizophrenia?

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No

21
Q

CT, MRI, and autopsies have found changes in which areas of the brain?

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Frontal, temporal, limbic, and basal ganglia areas

22
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Has a particular virus been linked to schizophrenia?

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No (but maybe perinatal viral infections?)

23
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Changes to what parts of the immune system have been seen with schizophrenia?

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IgG, IgA, and IgM

24
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Can psychosocial factors cause schizophrenia? What kind of impact can they have on the disease?

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Cannot CAUSE it but do play a role in the course of the illness

25
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What characterizes delusional disorder?

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At least 1 month of non-bizarre delusions without other active-phase symptoms of schizophrenia

26
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What characterizes a brief psychotic disorder?

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Psychotic disorder that lasts more than 1 day and remits by 1 month

27
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What 2 criteria differentiate schizophreniform disorder from schizophrenia?

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DURATION (at least 1 month but less than 6 months) and does not necessarily impair social/occupational functioning

28
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What is a shared psychotic disorder?

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A disturbance that develops in an individual who is influenced by someone else who has an established delusion with similar content

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What are the 2 components of schizoaffective disorder?

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Symptoms of schizophrenia with a major affective disorder like major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder

30
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What is the treatment for schizophrenia?

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Drug therapy, psychotherapy (in and out patient), family therapy, social skills training, vocational rehab

31
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Were the antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia in the 90s more effective for positive or negative symptoms?

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Positive

32
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Are newer antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia more effective for positive or negative symptoms?

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Both

33
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What are some common antipsychotics used against schizophrenia?

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Clozaril, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, and Geodon

34
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Today’s antipsychotics have fewer side effects, but what are the ones that are still common/possible?

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Tardive dyskinesia, seizures, reduced WBC count

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