Schizophrenia 1
What are the phases of psychosis?
Prodromal, Active, Residual
How many months does a person need in order to be diagnosed with schizophrenia?
6 months
Words jumbled together with little meaning or significance to the listener
Word salad
I trangled and flittled is an example of what?
Neologisms
What is a brief psychotic disorder?
The presence of delusions and hallucinations that last from one day to a month
What is clanging?
Groupings of words, usually rhyming words, that are based on similar-sounding sounds, even though the words themselves don't have any logical reason to be grouped together
Children are most likely to experience symptoms of schizophrenia. True or false?
False. Symptoms emerge in late adolescence to early adulthood
The belief that feelings, thoughts, and actions are being controlled by others is?
Being controlled
Unconscious inability to concentrated on a single thought; Flight of ideas
Loose Association/Associative Looseness
What is schizophreniform disorder?
Psychotic symptoms that last less than 6 months
Examples of negative symptoms in schizophrenia would be
Socially withdrawn, lack of motivation, lack of emotions/interest
What is the most common type of hallucination?
Auditory
What is the lack of energy?
Anergia
Impaired impulse control
___ disorders consist of persistent delusions only.
Delusional
Delusions, bizarre behavior, hallucinations, and disorganized speech are all examples of what?
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Max believes that he is a spy and that he is responsible to relay a message to the president. What is Max suffering from?
Grandiose Delusions
What is the lack of speech?
Alogia
Cognitive Findings with psychosis
What is schizoaffective disorder?
The presence of both psychotic and severe mood disturbances.
Catatonic
The maintenance of a fixed and rigid behavior that usually involves a lack of communication
Persecutory delusions are
The belief that a person is being persecuted, followed, spied on, etc.
What is a tactile hallucination?
Feeling bodily sensations