Schizophrenia And It’s Causes

Question 1

Schizophrenia MZ:DZ?

Answer 1

45:15%

Question 2

Major histocompatibility complex on which chromosome?

Answer 2

6

Question 3

Biological stress factor of schizophrenia?

Answer 3

Immune activation, premature birth, low birth weight, perinatal hypoxia, intrauterine infection, ante-partum bleeding

Question 4

Hypofrontality causes?

Answer 4

Negative symptoms

Question 5

Increased dopamine in nucleus accumbens causes?

Answer 5

Positive symptoms

Question 6

Drugs causing schizophrenia?

Answer 6

Amphetamine ketamine, LSP, cannabis,cocaine, LDOPA

Question 7

Organic psychosis?

Answer 7

Epilepsy, cerebral trauma, encephalitis, demyelination, neurodevelopmental disorders, endocrine disorders, drugs, toxins, dementia

Question 8

Resistant cases of psychosis should be treated with?

Answer 8

Clozapine

Question 9

Olanzapine causes?

Answer 9

Weight gain side effect due to binding at histamine receptors

Question 10

Blocking alpha 1 receptor?

Answer 10

Postural hypotension

Question 11

Blocking dopamine receptors?

Answer 11

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Hypotension arrhythmia
Parkinsonism symptoms
Raised prolactin

Question 12

Atypical antipsychotics side effects

Answer 12

5HT2 receptors

Metabolic, raised prolactin, sedation, neutropenia with clozapine

Question 13

Clozapine can cause?

Answer 13

Neutropaenia, also dribbling

Question 14

Electroconvulsive treatment to treat?

Answer 14

Psychosis associated with depression, or with catatonia

Question 15

Side effect of ECT?

Answer 15

Short term memory loss

Question 16

CBT session number?

Answer 16

12-20

Question 17

CBT model contains?

Answer 17

Behaviour
Thoughts
Feelings

Question 18

Expressed emotion?

Answer 18

Critical comments and over involvement

Question 19

Key area affected in psychosis?

Answer 19

Striatum