Symptoms
A. Definite symptom of schizophrenia
B. Any symptom that distorts reality
C. Indication of recovery
Negative symptoms are thoughts, feelings, or behaviors normally present that are absent or diminished in an individual. While occuring, the brain shows reduced pre-frontal cortex brain activity.
A. Ability to relax from a heightened emotional state
B. Falling to the bottom of the social ladder
C. Showing more negative symptoms
A phenomenon in which individuals exhibiting psychotic symptoms fall to the bottom of the social ladder or even become homeless because they cannot hold down a job or sustain a relationship.
A. 5%
B. 25%
C. 1%
A. Eating a well-balanced diet
B. Avoiding stress
C. Getting enough sleep
A. Campus of Hope
B. Immanuel Hospital
C. Lasting Hope
Currently there are also 119 adult psychiatric beds in Omaha metro:
* 45 at Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center
* 22 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital
* 20 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital
* 10 at The Nebraska Medical Center
* 22 at Douglas County Community Mental Health Center
A. Limited range and intensity of emotional expression
B. Remaining asymptomatic for at least six months
C. Showing only positive symptoms of the disease
Lack of eye contact, facial expression and verbal tone are all signs of flat affect.
A.Put the individual at a high risk of suicide
B. Be harder to control once treated
C. Both A & B
Schizophrenics have a high suicide rate (50X general public).
A. 63 billion
B. 63 million
C. 6.3 million
63 billion is for direct treatment, societal and family costs. Nearly 30 percent ($19 billion) of that cost involves direct treatment - the rest is other factors -- lost time from work (patients and care givers), social services, criminal justice resources.
A. A second generation anti-psychotic
B. Type of schizophrenia
C. Uncoordinated muscle twitches
Rare side-effect of anti-psychotics, especially first generation (early) schizophrenia drugs.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I have NO idea
Fremont NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Pathfinder house on North Clarkson. Everyone is welcome.
A. Violent tendencies
B. Insanity
C. Loss of contact with reality
Contrary to popular belief, psychosis does not normally involve violence. People with schizophrenia are far more likely to harm themselves than be violent toward the public. Violence is not a symptom of schizophrenia.
A. It's expensive
B. They don't know how to go about it
C. Stigma
A. Men: 35 Women: 20
B. Men: 40 Women: 25
C. Men: 18 Women: 25
A woman's onset is typically later. Schizophrenia onset is quite rare for people under 10 years of age, or over 40 years of age.
A. Increase the amount of dopamine in the brain
B. Increase the amount of GABA in the brain
C. Block dopamine receptors
Current theory holds that schizophrenics don't actually produce excess dopamine but are very sensitive to normal levels in the brain.
A. Place yourself beside them rather than face-to-face.
B. Try to rationalize with them.
C. Avoid them
This deflects paranoia away from you. Speaking softly and avoiding eye contact may help. Identify with them, don't rationalize. Share the mistrust.
A. Communicating with words that rhyme
B. Answers to questions that may not be relevant
C. Speech may be neither structured nor comprehensible
A form of speech pattern in schizophrenia where thinking is driven by word sounds. For example, rhyming or alliteration may lead to the appearance of logical connections where none in fact exists.
A. A lack of prominent positive symptoms
B. Untreated schizophrenia
C. Schizophrenia that can not be controlled
A category of Schizophrenia when the individual has experienced at least one previous psychotic episode and there is currently a lack of prominent positive symptoms.
A. 3 million
B. 100,000
C. 1.5 million
Or, 7.2 per 1000 people.
A. Headaches
B. Nausea
C. Weight gain
Other side effects include diabetes and high cholesterol.
A. No
B. Yes
C. Yes and No
Although schizophrenia does automatically qualify them for SSI/Disability, they are often refused at least once and often have to engage a lawyer to receive rightful benefits.
A. Type of hallucination named after ancient Greek myth
B. The inability to experience joy or pleasure
C. Rapidly changing mood- from happy to sad to angry
Researchers theorize that anhedonia may result from the breakdown in the brain's reward system, involving the neurotransmitter dopamine.
A. Period post psychotic episode
B. Period before psychotic episode
C. Slow withdrawal from normal life and social interaction
The slow deterioration from normal functioning to the delusional and dysfunctional thinking characteristic of many forms of schizophrenia, normally taking place over an average of 5 years.
A. Over 2.2 million people
B. Over 1 million people
C. Over 100,000 people
Multiple Sclerosis: 400,000 people
Insulin-dependent Diabetes: 350,000 people
Muscular Dystrophy: 35,000 people
A. 80 percent within 2 years
B. 100 percent within 1 year
C. 50 percent within 2 years
With continued drug treatment, only about 40 percent of recovered patients will suffer relapses.
A. Indicate a reaction to medication
B. Can be sensed by families
C. Should be ignored
Include restlessness, agitation, anxiety, sleeplessness, depression, inability to concentrate. Families can support individual by reporting these to the doctor and having the doctor adjust medication to prevent full-blown relapse.