Vocab
What does it mean to have Delusions
Where you experience unusual thoughts or perceptions
Why do people with schizophrenia do family therapy?
They feel like a burden to the family
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A mental disorder that has major mood swings and impulsive behavior and are more prone to sexual behavior and depressive thoughts.
What does "Schizo" mean in Schizophrenia?
Split
What is Insulin Shock Therapy?
treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas
What is Affective Flattening?
A blunted affect where you have zero emotion
How can you help a person with schizophrenia and their behavior in public?
Using modeling to show how they should be acting
What is the word Histrionic related to?
The uterus
What does "phren" mean in Schizophrenia?
Brain
What is the residence situation with people with schizophrenia?
Many are homeless
Define Anhedonia
A loss of interest in the things around you
What is the most common form of treatment?
CBT
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A mental illness that causes a person to be so self absorbed that they tend to not care for others well-being
What are 3 types of delusions?
Grandiose (feel like god basically)
Delusions of Thought Insertion (some1 controlling your thoughts)
Delusions of Reference (some1 trying to communicate with you through outside forces- Nash)
Persecutory (some1 out to get you)
What is one brain abnormality with schizophrenia?
Enlarged Ventricles leaving less space for the brain, and too much dopamine in the frontal cortex.
What does schizoaffective mean?
A mixture of Schizophrenia and a Mood Disorder
What is group therapy?
When you sit with a group of people who have similar issues, and a therapist to discuss your problems
What is included in the Anxious Fearful Personality Disorder?
Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
What are the 3 types of Hallucinations?
Auditory, Tactile, Somatic
How do genetics play a role in schizophrenia in children?
If a parent has schizophrenia there's a larger chance their children would have it especially in boys...
Define Alogia
loss of speech or reduction
Why do people with schizophrenia often get rehospitalized?
They don't have any hallucinations for a while so they quit their medication and have a huge breakdown
What is the problem with the DSM categories?
How do you know if that person has a disorder or if that's just their personality
What causes Tardive Dyskinesia?
Antipsychotic drugs
What is Prenatal Virus Exposure? What is the connection to schizophrenia?
When a mother is pregnant and gets the flu.. this leads the baby to have a stronger chance of getting schizophrenia