Shizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
What 2 psychotic disorders is Schizophrenia characterized as?
It’s a combination of both positive and negative symptoms.
Describe Positive symptoms.
- )Hallucinations
- ) Delusions
- )Disorganized speech
- )Inappropriate affect
- )Disorganized behavior
Describe Negative symptoms
- )Flat or blunted affect
- )Avolition
- )Alogia
- )Decrease in the amount of speech or poverty of content of speech
- )Anhedonia
What are the 3 phases of Schizophrenia?
- Prodromal Phase
- Active Phase
- Residual Phase
What happens during the prodromal phase and what phase must it precede?
Decline in role functioning and precedes the ACTIVE phase
Which phase is distinguished by full blown symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Active phase
During the prodromal phase, symptoms of schizophrenia have improved but impairment continues. True or False.
True.
What are the 5 subtypes of schizophrenia?
- Paranoid Type
- Disorganized Type
- Catatonic Type
- Undifferentiated Type
Residual Type
Which of the 3 is the most organized of the 3?
Paranoid type
What are the differences between Echolalia and Echopraxia and what subtype of Schizophrenia is it prevalent in?
Echolalia involves repeating of words and Echopraxio involves repeating of behaviors.
Catatonic Type
Is it necessary to have wrap around services for individuals with Schizophrenia?
Yes. Absolutely!
Schizophreniform disorder must have symptoms for how long?
Greater than 30 days but less than 6months
Schizoaffective disorder has one of the following in combination of Schizophrenia?
a. depressive
b. manic
c. mixed episodes.
An individual must have had delusions or hallucinations during a 2 week period when prominent mood symptoms. True or False.
True
Delusional disorder is characterized by at least 5 non-bizarre delusions within a minimum of 1 month. True or False
False. “At least 1 bizarre delusion”.
