week 4.1

Question 1

schizophrenia

Answer 1

Psychosis defined by abnormalities in perception, content of thought processes, and extreme withdrawal of one’s interest from individuals and outside world

Question 2

Psychosis

Answer 2

State in which individual experiences, hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized, thoughts, speech, and behavior

Question 3

Who is more likely to get schizophrenia?

Answer 3

males

Question 4

what are the age on sets for male and females?

Answer 4

Males, 15–25
Females, 25–35

Rare younger than 10 and older than 40

Question 5

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 5

Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized behavior and speech
Loose associations
Tangentiality
Incoherent/illogical speech
Pressured speech

Question 6

hallucinations

Answer 6

Perceptual experiences that occur without actual external sensory stimuli

Can occur in all senses

Question 7

Delusions

Answer 7

erroneous fixed beliefs that cannot be changed by reasonable argument

Question 8

grandiose delusions

Answer 8

Exceptional, powers, wealth, or skills

Question 9

nihilistic delusion

Answer 9

One is dead with impending disaster

Question 10

persecutory delusion

Answer 10

They are being watched and plotted against

Question 11

somatic delusion

Answer 11

Abnormality in body function or structure

Question 12

referential delusion

Answer 12

TV or song lyrics are directed at that person

Question 13

thought withdrawal

Answer 13

Blames, poor memory, on thoughts being stolen from somebody

Question 14

thought insertion

Answer 14

Complaints of disturbed thoughts being sent by somebody

Question 15

circumstantiality

Answer 15

Extremely detailed and lengthy about topic that eventually gets to the point

Question 16

tangentiality

Answer 16

Extremely detailed and lengthy about topic, but does not get to the point

Question 17

Flight of ideas

Answer 17

Topic changes repeatedly with superficial associations

Question 18

Echolalia

Answer 18

Repetition of another’s words

Question 19

Clang association’s

Answer 19

Repetition of words, similar and sound, but not in meaning

Question 20

neologisms

Answer 20

Made up words only understood by patient

Question 21

Hypervigilance

Answer 21

Sustained attention to external stimuli

Question 22

Ambivalence

Answer 22

Can’t decide, stuck between two decisions

Question 23

avolition

Answer 23

Inability to complete tasks

Question 24

alogia

Answer 24

Lack of verbal responses, unable to elaborate

Question 25

anosognosia

Answer 25

Inability to realize they are ill

Question 26

echopraxia

Answer 26

Involuntary imitation of others movements

Question 27

extra pyramidical symptoms

Answer 27

Pseudo Parkinson’s
Akathisia
Acute dystonia
Tardive dyskinesia

Question 28

symptoms of acute dystonia

Answer 28

Torticollis – painful spasm of muscle
opisthotonos- Head/Heels arch back
oculogyric crisis- eyes roll backwards

Question 29

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 29

involuntary permanent movement disorder, long term
affects mouth, tongue protrudes

Question 30

Neuro malignant syndrome

Answer 30

Potentially fatal
More likely due to dehydration, warm, climates, and genetics

sx- muscle rigidity, labile, BP, high fever

Question 31

negative symptoms

Answer 31

blunt/ flat affect
ambivelance
alogia
avolition
associality