Schizophrenia and Psychosis

Question 1

brain changes associated with schizophrenia (2)

Answer 1

increased dopamine

decreased dendritic branching

Question 2

A criteria for schizophrenia (5)

Answer 2

Delusions*
Hallucinations*
Disorganized Speech 
Disorganized behavior
Negative symptoms

Question 3

schizophrenia

Answer 3

at least 6 months of psychosis, disturbed behavior/thought, and decline in functioning with at least 1 month of 2+ A criteria

Question 4

Persecutory delusions

Answer 4

believes someone is spying, following, tormenting

Question 5

Referential delusions

Answer 5

believes that gestures, comments, passages from books are directed at self

Question 6

Biazzre deluisons

Answer 6

implausible, not from real life experiences

Question 7

m/c type of delusions in schizophrenia

Answer 7

persecutory

Question 8

hallucination defintion

Answer 8

perceptions of sensory experiences that are without and external stimulus

Question 9

most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia

Answer 9

auditory

Question 10

tangentiality

Answer 10

answers are obliquely related to the question

Question 11

derailment

Answer 11

slip off track to another topic

Question 12

incoherence/word salad

Answer 12

combinations of words, no real meaning

Question 13

psychogenic polydipsia

Answer 13

excessive water intake leads to hyponatremia

Question 14

schizoaffective disorder

Answer 14

major mood disorder (depression or bipolar) with concurrent A criteria PLUS 2 weeks of delusions or hallucinations in the absence of mood symptoms AND mood symptoms present a majority of the time

Question 15

delusional disorder

Answer 15

1 month of persistent, nonbiazzre delusion

Question 16

shared psychotic disorder

Answer 16

development of delusions in someone in a close relationship with someone with delusional disorder, resolves with separation

Question 17

schizophreniform disorder

Answer 17

1-6 months of schizophrenia criteria

Question 18

brief psychotic disorder

Answer 18

less than 1 mo of schizophrenia criteria arising from stressor