Types
Symptoms
Facts
Behavior
Miscellaneous
100
This type is characterized by behaviors that appear immobile/unresponsive
Catatonic Type
100
What are hallucinations?
an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present
100
When was the term 'schizophrenia' coined?
1908
100
How would you describe the nature in which someone with schizophrenia lives?
sporadic
100
What kind of medications are typical for schizophrenia patients?
antidepressant, antianxiety, and antipsychotic
200
Which type is characterized by speech and behavior that are difficult to understand, inappropriate emotions?
Disorganized Type
200
What are delusions?
a belief that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality
200
Up to what percent of the population in any given country has schizophrenia?
1%
200
Schizophrenia is marked by problems with what brain chemicals?
Neurotransmitters: dopamine and glutamate
200
How many patients stop usually stop taking their medication?
about 75%
300
Which type is characterized by a past history of at least one episode but currently has no symptoms?
Residual Type
300
What ages do symptoms appear in?
16-30
300
Who was one of the men responsible for one of the earliest descriptions of schizophrenia?
Philippe Pinel and John Haslam
300
What is schizophrenia?
a chronic condition in which people perceive their reality in a twisted way, usually with hallucinations and delusions.
300
What do psychosocial treatments help to do?
Help to maintain a normal life style
400
Which type is characterized by delusions and auditory hallucinations, delusions can often be about being persecuted by a person or an organization?
Paranoid Type
400
Name two early symptoms
Lack of Motivation Trouble Sleeping Irritability Trouble Focusing Less likely to have delusions More likely to have hallucinations
400
Who is one famous person with schizophrenia?
Brian Wilson John Nash Mary Todd Lincoln Zelda Fitzgerald
400
How long does someone have schizophrenia?
Lifetime
400
Name one example of psychosocial therapy?
Family therapy, reassurance, modeling, reality testing
500
Which type is characterized by some symptoms of ps types, but not enough of one to be categorized as just one?
Undifferentiated Type
500
How do most people with schizophrenia live?
independently
500
What are the causes of schizophrenia?
Genetic and enviromental
500
When did the first antipsychotic medication come out?
1954
M
e
n
u