Symptoms
Name one positive symptom
Auditory/visual hallucinations
Distorted perceptions, beliefs, or behaviors
True or False. Childhood schizophrenia only manifests at birth.
False.
'Back in the day', people treated schizophrenia by inducing seizures. Is this true or false?
True.
True or false. Childhood or early onset schizophrenia will manifest in those younger than 13 years old.
True.
Name two negative symptoms
Decrease in ability to initiate plans, speak, express emotions
True or False. Schizophrenia in childhood has a known cause that primarily the fault of the mother.
False. Schizophrenia does not have a for sure known cause.
Name 2 current treatment options
antipsychotic medications
therapies
Name 2 subtypes of schizophrenia.
Catatonic
Paranoid
Name 3 symptoms specific to childhood schizophrenia
Flat affect
social withdrawal
developmental problems
True or False. Schizophrenia is caused by genetics, brain chemistry, and the environment.
True.
What were the three types of life skills training provided as a treatment option?
social, academic, and vocational
Name 3 risk factors of schizophrenia
Family history
autoimmune disease
older age of the father