Vocab
Define psychosis
An abnormal perception of reality
List two positive symptoms
Hallucinations
Most common type, often portrayed in movies
Paranoid schizophrenia
True or false: Covid-19 can trigger schizophrenia
True
List 2 additional strategies that assist in treatment
Taking care of yourself, not smoking, eat well, exercise, sleep enough, meditation, and loved ones to rely on
Define hallucinations
When you hear, see, or feel things that aren't truly there.
Define catatonia
Unusual movements or a lack of movement
Rarest type of schizophrenia
Catatonic schizophrenia
True or false: Family interaction styles may lead to schizophrenia?
True
List 2 types of therapies that assist in treatment
Individual therapy
Family therapy
ECT
The meaning of ECT
Electroconvulsive therapy
List 2 negative symptoms
1) Trouble communicating
2) Unable to hold eye contact
3) Lacking control over impulses
4) Monotone expressions
Also known as disorganized schizophrenia
Hebephrenic schizophrenia
Irregular dopamine activity usually causes __ symptoms
Positive symptoms
Typical antipsychotics
Define delusions
A thought, often irrational, that one holds even after it has been proven false.
List two cognitive symptoms
1) Trouble paying attention
2) Trouble with organization
3) Lacking social skills
4) Trouble remembering dates, people, e.t.c.
Exclusively negative symptoms
Simple schizophrenia
This group of people have an increased risk
Twins
*Identical twins*
Atypical antipsychotics are also known by this name
2nd generation antipsychotics
The Greek roots of "schizophrenia"
Schizo - Split Phrene - Mind
Give an example of a delusion
Ex: Someone is controlling my thoughts
(I will judge :)
Patients would rather see a dentist over a doctor when they have this type
Cenesthopathic schizophrenia
This pathway transports dopamine to the frontal and temporal lobes
Mesocorticolimbic pathway
_ generation antipsychotics block both serotonin and dopamine
2nd generation