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Schizophrenia Flashcards

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Is someone with a first degree relative more likely to develop schizophrenia if their relative has it?

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Yes

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What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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Hallucinations and delusions

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What causes positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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Excessive dopamine levels

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What are bizarre beliefs/delusions of grandeur

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Incredible powers and ideas, can cause miracles

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What are influence delusions

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Someone or something is controlling their thoughts

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What are some negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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Poor grooming, flat affect, alogia

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What is alogia

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Lack of speech

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What is avolition?

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Lack of purposeful behavior

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What is non-sequitur

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When someone pauses and jumps to another random topic

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What is the dopamine hypothesis theory?

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If dopamine is thrown off then a bunch of other things will be thrown off.

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What is tardive dyskenesia?

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Tremors of face and hands

Associated with abnormally low dopamine levels

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What happens to the brain if you only have negative schizophrenic symptoms

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Enlarged ventricles

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Can injuries during childhood possibly increase the likelihood of negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Yes

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What area is the brain causes schizophrenic patients to hear voices?

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Broca’s area

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What does the twin study suggest

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If first twin has schizophrenia , second twin has a 45-46% chance of getting it too

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What was Tiernari’s study

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Adopted twins/children

Child with genetic history of schizophrenia and was adopted into a family with schizophrenia present has the greatest chance

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What is the double bind hypothesis?

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Suggests schizophrenia is caused by poor parenting from the mother, which causes children to isolate themselves

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What is high expressed emotion?

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Too much hostility in the family and can be a problem and contribute to the likelihood of developing schizophrenia

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What was Courtney Hardings study?

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Long term prognosis with schizophrenic patients

Found that 2/3 of patients 10 years down the road are doing well often times without medication

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