Development
TRUE OR FALSE: Schizophrenia can only be developed via genetics
FALSE! Schizophrenia can be developed from multiple things!
TRUE OR FALSE: Sound sensitivity is a symptom of Schizophrenia
FALSE! This was not listed in the notes!
TRUE OR FALSE: Treatment for Schizophrenia lasts 1-2 years
FALSE! Treatment is lifelong
TRUE OR FALSE: Schizophrenia development can relate to Dopamine levels
TRUE! Dopamine is linked to hallucinations & delusions in Schizophrenia, because brain areas that are “running” dopamine may become overactive
TRUE OR FALSE: Schizophrenia is a mental disease
TRUE! This one should be obvious...
Schizophrenia affects ___% of the population
1%
Name four Schizophrenic symptoms
(there's a lot)
Delusions, distorted thoughts, mental confusion, remembering things differently, amnesia, aggression, self harm, excitability, talking to self, anger, apathy, depression, loss of interest, anxiety, fatigue, hallucinations, paranoia, hearing things that aren’t there, incoherent, rapid, and/or circumstantial speech
Should Schizophrenics keep taking their medications, even if the symptoms lessen by a lot?
Yes!
Dopamine is linked to what symptoms in Schizophrenia?
Dopamine is linked to Schizophrenia's delusions and hallucinations
What body system does Schizophrenia affect? (no acronyms)
Central Nervous System
TRUE OR FALSE: There is not much research about Schizophrenia and how it's developed
TRUE!
What are the five categories of symptoms for Schizophrenia?
Cognitive, Behavioral, Mood, Psychological and Speech
Finish the sentence: Antipsychotics can be taken through....
Pills, liquid or injections
Dopamine and Glutamine carry messages to ______ that doctors believe control ____________, ____________ and ____________.
Dopamine and Glutamine carry messages to cells that doctors believe control thinking, perception and motivation.
Finish the sentence: Schizophrenia affects the way...
Schizophrenia affects the way one interprets reality
Name two things that can contribute to developing Schizophrenia
Possible answers: genetics, environmental factors, differences in brain chemistry, taking drugs in young adult/teenage hood, pregnancy complications
What is Circumstantial speech?
Speaking with great detail in conversation
What other two things can Schizophrenics do to lessen symptoms besides medications?
They can go through talk therapy and/or social skills training
Explain the relationship between glutamine levels and Schizophrenia.
People at risk for developing Schizophrenia could have too much Glutamine activity at first in certain brain areas. As the disease develops and the person grows, Glutamine becomes too little.
What is a psychosis illness? (a full sentence!)
One characterized by distortions in daily tasks/emotions/thoughts
Name all of the ways one could potentially develop Schizophrenia
Genetics, Environment, Brain development issues, Consumption of drugs in younger years (such as LSD or weed), Pregnancy and birth complications
Name three symptoms from each section of the symptoms (3 from cognitive, 3 from behavioral, etc)
Cognitive: delusions, distorted thoughts, mental confusion, remembering things differently, amnesia
Behavioral: aggression, self harm, excitability, talking to self
Mood: anger, apathy, depression, loss of interest, anxiety, fatigue
Psychological: hallucinations, paranoia, hearing things that aren’t there
Speech: incoherent, rapid, or circumstantial (talking with great detail) speech
Name all of the common medications for treating Schizophrenia (FULL names for FULL points!!)
Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Haloperidol, Perphenazine, Thioridazine, Thiothixene, Trifluoperazine
How can Glutamine relate to Schizophrenia? (FULL sentences for FULL points!!)
Schizophrenia can show in people that have too much Glutamine activity when they're younger. Overtime & as the person ages, those Glutamine activities become too little.
Summarize Schizophrenia in two FULL sentences.
Answers vary :)