Types
and Terms
and Terms
This type schizophrenia is distinguished by certain behavior, including delusions and auditory hallucinations. this behavior is exhibited by feelings of persecution, of being watched, or sometimes this behavior is associated with a famous or noteworthy person a celebrity or politician, or an entity such as a corporation. People with this type schizophrenia may display anger, anxiety, and hostility. The person usually has relatively normal intellectual functioning and expression of affect.
What is Paranoid
An exaggerated feeling of importance, power, knowledge, or identity.
What is a delusion of grandeur?
Causes deterioration of normal social function. hallucinations and delusions
What is Psychosis?
A chronic medication-related disorder characterized by: repetitive, involuntary, irregular movements of: - the face including the mouth and tongue (rapid eye movement, chewing, lip smacking, chewing) - abnormal movements of trunk and/or extremities.
What is Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
This medication targets positive symptoms of schizophrenia
What is Haldol? or any 1st-generation Anti-psychotic medication?
A person with this schizophrenia will exhibit behaviors and speech that may be bizarre or difficult to understand. They may display inappropriate emotions or reactions that do not relate to the situation at-hand. Daily activities such as hygiene, eating, and working may be disrupted or neglected by their thought patterns.
What is disorganized-type
What are the 5 senses that may produce false sensory perceptions known as hallucinations?
What are Auditory, Visual, Tactile, Gustatory, Olfactory
a mixture of phrases that is meaningless to the listener
What is word salad?
Agranulocytosis
What is the potentially fatal blood disorder in which the client's white blood cell (WBC) count can drop to extremely low levels that usually occurs within the first 3 months of treatment?
Common side effects of Drowsiness, blurred vision, sensitivity to the sun, restlessness, rigidity, heartbeat, tremors skin rashes and dizziness?
What are common side effects of typical anti-psychotics?
Disturbances of movement mark schizophrenia. People with this type of schizophrenia may vary between extremes: they may remain immobile or may move all over the place. They may say nothing for hours, or they may repeat everything you say or do. These behaviors put these people with type schizophrenia at high risk because they are often unable to take care of themselves or complete daily activities.
What is catatonic-type
A nursing intervention for the patient experiencing a disturbed thought process (delusion)?
What is Do not argue or deny the belief. Use 'reasonable doubt' as a therapeutic technique: 'I understand that you believe this is true, but I find it hard to accept.'
Number one priority intervention.
What is safety?
A relatively rare, but potentially fatal complication that can occur within hours or even years after drug initiation. Symptoms include severe muscle rigidity, very high fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, fluctuations in Blood pressure, diaphoresis and rapid deterioration of mental status from stupor to coma.
What is Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)?
Other than dopamine, second generation antipsychotics effect this neurotransmitter.
What is serotonin?
the person will assume one position and remain that way for long periods of time (sometimes for hours)
What is waxy flexibility
This type of therapy emphasizes group and social interaction; rules and expectations are mediated by peer pressure for normalization of adaptation.
What is milieu therapy?
Priority nursing diagnosis for a patient with history of harming self, history of substance abuse, suicidal ideation, and inability to self control.
What is risk for injury?
Psychotropic medication that block the reuptake of serotonin may result in what side effect?
What is sexual dysfunction
This class of medication is used as an adjunction for antipsychotic medications for agitation or catatonic symptoms?
What is benzodiazepine?
Anhedonia
What is social withdrawal; lack of pleasure in activities
A nursing intervention/client education for a client taking first generation antipsychotic medications?
What is advise clients to avoid excessive exposure to sunlight, to use sunscreen, and to wear protective clothing.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING (If answered incorrectly you lose all your points) Factors that help cause schizophrenia?
What are Environment, genes, and SOME illegal drugs
2 prenatal stressors that may cause schizophrenia
What is viral infection (flu), hypoxia, psych trauma
Those over of the age 50 diagnosed with schizophrenia appear to be at high risk for this disease.
What is Alzheimer's disease?