Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorder

Question 1

defined by abnormalities in one or more of the ff: delusions
hallucinations
disorganized thinking
disorganized abnormal motor bheavior
negative symptoms

Answer 1

schizophrenia

Question 2

usually begins before age 25, persists throughout life and affects eprsons of all social classes

Answer 2

schizophrenia

Question 3

demence precoce

Answer 3

benedict morel

Question 4

described deteriorated patients whose illness began in adolescence

Answer 4

benedict morel

Question 5

dementia precox

Answer 5

emil kraepelin

Question 6

change in cognition and early onset of disorder

Answer 6

dementia precox

Question 7

long term deteriorating course and clinical symptoms of hallucinations and delusions

Answer 7

emil kraepelin

Question 8

discovered schizophrenia

Answer 8

eugene bleuler

Question 9

schism means

Answer 9

separation

Question 10

4 primary syptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 10

4As
Association
Affect
Autism
Ambivalence

Question 11

risk factors of schizophrenia

Answer 11

environmental
genetic
medical illness
substance abuse
suicide risk

Question 12

50% concordance rate which is 4-5x higher than dizygotic twins or the rate of occurence in first degree relatives

Answer 12

monozygotic twins

Question 13

dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia

Answer 13

hyperdopaminergia

Question 14

why is their a loss of brain volume in schizophrenics

Answer 14

reduced densiy of axons, dendrites, synapses

Question 15

what happens to cerebral ventricles of schizophrenics

Answer 15

lateral and 3rd ventricular enlargment and decreased cortical volume

Question 16

ego disintegration, return to a time when ego was not yet developed

Answer 16

Freud

Question 17

distortion in infant-mother rs

Answer 17

margaret mahler

Question 18

defect in ego functions permits intense hostility and aggression to distort the mother-infant rs

Answer 18

paul federn

Question 19

disturbance in interpersonal relatedness

Answer 19

harry sullivan

Question 20

one parent is overly close to child of opposite gender

Answer 20

schisms

Question 21

power struggle between larents resulting in dominance of one parent

Answer 21

skewed

Question 22

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 22

type 1
prmal brain structure
good response

Question 23

negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 23

type ii
structural brain abnormal
poor treatment
avolition
alogia
anhedonia
asociality

Question 24

subtype of delusional disorder that applies when central theme of delusion is another person is in love

Answer 24

erotomanic

Question 25

subtype applies when central theme of delusion is conviction of having some great talent or insight

Answer 25

grandiose

Question 26

subtype applies when central theme of delusion is that his or her spouse or lover is unfaithful

Answer 26

jealous

Question 27

subtype apolies when the central theme of delusion involves the individual’s belief that he or she is being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned or drugged, maliciously maligned, harassed, or obstructed in the pursuit of long term goals

Answer 27

persecutory

Question 28

subtype applies when central theme of delusion involves bodily functions or sensations

Answer 28

somatic