Week 11 Flashcards
What is the typical age of onset of schizophrenia
Late adolescents and early adulthood
What neurocognitive differences are observed in schizophrenia
Attention
Working memory problems
Learning
Motor difficulties
Will you see psychosis in disorders other than schizophrenia and if so, which disorders
OCD
BPD
PTSD
Anorexia nervosa
Depression
Bipolar
Body dysmorphic disorder
What is psychosis
Loss of touch with reality
Inability to distinguish what is real and not real
What are delusions
False beliefs involving misinterpretation of surroundings
Persecutory (most common): person believes he/she is being tormented, ridiculed, spied on, someone or things out to get him/her
Referential (very common): certain environmental cues are directed at him/her (from newspaper, gesture, TV, song lyrics, etc)
Bizarre delusions: clearly implausible, doesn’t derive from ordinary life experiences
Thought insertion
Thought withdrawal
Thought broadcasting
Delusion of control
Person must have conviction about delusion, despite clear contradictory evidence
Must not be consistent with cultural norms
What are hallucinations
False perceptions
Hearing things that other people don’t hear
Seeing things that others don’t see
Smelling, tasting, or feeling unusual sensations that other people don’t experience
In the absence of other stimuli in that sensory modality
Not while falling asleep or waking up
Not consistent with cultural norms
What is disorganized speech
Ascertained through speech
Loose associations, “word salad”, tangential speech
What are positive symptoms
excess or distortion of normal functioning
What are negative symptoms
diminution or loss of normal functioning
What is a prodrome
Describes early signs and symptoms of a early problem
What is the relationship between cannabis and psychosis
Cannabis can increase the risk of the development of schizophrenia
New Zealand study → shows cannabis use can increase the risk
