SCHIZOPHRENIA (FINALS KASALI)

Question 1

4 A’s of Schizophrenia according to Eugen Bleuler

Answer 1

Affect
Autism
Ambivelence
Associative looseness

Question 2

Positive or Hard Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Answer 2

Delusions
Echopraxia
Ambivalence
Flight of Ideas
Associative Looseness
Hallucinations
Ideas of reference
Perseveration

Question 3

Reflects the presence of overt psychotic or distorted behavior possibly due to an increase in amount of dopamine affecting the cortical areas of the brain

Answer 3

Positive Symptoms

Question 4

Negative or Soft symptoms

Answer 4

Blunted affect
Alogia - poverty of speech
Catatonia
Lack of volition
Anhedonia - loss of ability to feel pressure
Flat affect
Apathy

Question 5

Reflect a diminution or loss of normal functions such as affect, motivation or the ability to enjoy activities

Answer 5

Negative Symptoms

Question 6

Types of Schizophrenia

Answer 6

Residual
Undifferentiated
Paranoid
Disorganized
Catatonic

Question 7

A type of schizophrenia that reflects a diminution or loss of normal functions such as affect, motivation or the ability to enjoy activities

Answer 7

Paranoid Type

Question 8

A type of schizophrenia that is characterized by grossly inappropriate or flat affect, incoherence, loose associations, and extremely disorganized behavior

Answer 8

Disorganized Type

Question 9

A type of schizophrenia that is characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor activity.

Answer 9

Catatonic Type

Question 10

Characterized by mixed schizophrenic symptoms (of other types) along with disturbances of thought, affect and behavior

Answer 10

Undifferentiated Type

Question 11

Absence of prominent delusions and hallucinations. Functioning level moderate, but a person can seldom keep a job. There is continuing evidence of disturbances such as presence of negative symptoms.

Answer 11

Residual Type

Question 12

The client exhibits the symptoms of schizophrenia but for less than the 6 months necessary to meet the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia

Answer 12

Schizophreniform disorder

Question 13

The client exhibits the symptoms of psychosis and, at the same time, all the features of mood disorder, either depression or mania.

Answer 13

Schizoaffective disorder

Question 14

Disorders related to schizophrenia

Answer 14

Schizophreniform disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Delusional disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
Shared psychotic disorder (folie a deux)

Question 15

The client has one or more non-bizarre delusions- that is, the focus of delusion
is believable; Psychosocial functioning is not markedly impaired, and behavior is not
obviously odd or bizarre

Answer 15

Delusional disorder

Question 16

The client experiences the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom, such
as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior, which lasts
form 1 day to 1 month

Answer 16

Brief psychotic disorder

Question 17

◦ Two people share a similar delusion
◦ The person with this diagnosis develops this delusion in the context with a close
relationship with someone who has psychotic delusions

Answer 17

Shared psychotic disorder (folie a deux

Question 18

Antipsychotics is also known as?

Answer 18

Neuroleptics

Question 19

What antipsychotics act primarily at dopamine
receptors?

Answer 19

Typical (conventional)

Question 20

antipsychotics are active
on other receptors as well as dopamine, and
are associated with fewer or no
extrapyramidal side-effects, an effect on
negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

Answer 20

atypical

Question 21

What is the term for the major side effects of antipsychotics?

Answer 21

Extrapyramidal Symptoms

Question 22

What are extrapyramidal symptoms?

Answer 22

Acute Dystonia - involuntary contractions of muscles of the extremities, face, neck, abdomen, pelvis, or larynx in either sustained or intermittent patterns that lead to abnormal movements or postures
Pseudoparkinsonism - slowed movements, muscle stiffness, and a shuffling walk
Akathisia - inability to remain still