S & S
Delusions, illusions, hallucinations
What is positive symptoms
Repeating words or phrases that sound alike
AKA major tranquilizers
What is another name for antipsychotics?
motor immobility with odd voluntary movements, rigid posture
What describes someone with catatonic schizophrenia?
Lack of ability to produce new thoughts or follow a train of thought.
What is poverty of thought?
Symptoms that mimic Parkinson's disease
What is Drug-Induced Parkinsonism
Expressing a belief that some events have special personal meaning
What is ideas of reference?
High potency antipsychotic that has decreased sedation but causes increased EPSE's
What is haloperidol (Haldol)?
Free from psychosis but still has negative symptoms of withdrawal, emotional changes and odd behaviors
What describes someone with residual schizophrenia?
A difficulty in identifying and describing emothions
What is alexithymia
Anergia, anhedonia and apathy
What are negative symptoms?
Purposeless repetition of phrases
What is verbigeration
Low potency antipsychotic that has increased sedation and anticholinergic side effects used to treat schizophrenia
What is chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Believes someone is out to get them. Shows complex delusions of grandeur
What describes someone with paranoid schizophrenia?
The repetition of the same idea in response to different questions.
What is perseveration?
A sensory experience that feels real but is created by the mind without and external trigger.
What is a hallucination?
Random, jumbled set of words that have no connection or realationship to one another
What is word salad?
Antipsychotics that cause increased risks of EPSE.
What are high potency antipsychotics?
Unable to think, speak or behave in a logical manner
What describes someone with disorganized schizophrenia?
Slowing of body movements and a diminished mental state.
What is bradykinesia
False perceptions because of misinterpretations of real objects.
What are illusions?
Rapid, forced speech
What is pressured speech?
Class of medication that is used to treat both positive and negative symptoms
What is atypical antipsychotics?
Violent behaviors are common and suicide is frequently attempted
What is seen in paranoid schizophrenia?
What is akinesia?