These are a group of symptoms that are "added" to a person's normal behavior, and include hallucinations and delusions.
What are positive symptoms.
100
The # of people out of 1000 that experience schizophrenia
What is 7 or 8 out of 1000.
100
This is the most common group of medications prescribed since the 1950's.
What are Antipsychotics
100
This is the most common type of hallucination for people w/ schizophrenia
What are voices, or auditory.
100
T or F: Schizophrenia sometimes runs in families.
What is T
200
These are sensory experiences that occur in the absence of a stimulus, like hearing voices or seeing things.
What are hallucinations.
200
T or F: There is no know cure for schizophrenia
What is True.
200
This is the name for the new antipsychotic meds developed in the 1990's, like Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Clozaril
What are Atypical antipsychotics.
200
This is when a person stops speaking abruptly in the middle of a thought, and feel like the thought has been taken out of their head.
What is thought blocking
200
T or F: Brain structures of some people w/ schizophrenia are slightly different than those of healthy people.
What is T.
300
These are strongly held false beliefs that are not consistent w/ reality or a person's culture.
What are delusions.
300
T or F: Slightly more men than women get diagnosed w/ schizophrenia.
What is T
300
Sometimes people who suffer from schizophrenia can be prescribed this type of treamtent that focuses on everyday challenges of their illness. Our Place is an example of this!
What is Psychosocial rehabilitation.
300
This is a state in which a person does no move or respond to others. It is rarely seen today because of improvements in medication.
What is Catatonia
300
Pick a new ???
What is cool
400
These are specific delusions where a person may be paranoid and believe people are trying to harm them.
What are persecutory delusions.
400
Most cases of schizophrenia start showing symptoms around what age range?
What is 16-30
400
This type of talk therapy focuses on changing unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviors.
What is CBT
400
This is when a person has a reduced expression of emotions, i.e. faciial expressions or voice tone.
What is flat affect
400
Pick a NEW ????
What is NEATO
500
This is when a person has difficulty organizing or connecting their thoughts logically
What is disorganized thinking.
500
Schizophrenia occurs in what % of people who have a first degree relative w/ the diagnosis, including parent or sibling.
What is 10%
500
This is a serious condition that consists of involuntary movements of the tongue, lips, face, trunk, and extremities that occur in patients treated w/ psychiatric meds.
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
500
These are the five senses that hallucinations can occur in.