Ch. 13 Schizophrenia
The neurotransmitter that is highly active in people with schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
Types of drugs that target dopamine receptors to reduce psychotic symptoms.
What are antipsychotic drugs?
What are odd, dramatic, and anxious personality disorders?
A disorder in childhood that can lead to antisocial personality disorder later in life.
What is conduct disorder?
A verdict of being found not guilty because of mental instability at the time of the crime.
What is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI)?
Restricted affect, poverty of speech, loss of volition, and social withdrawal.
What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
What are second-generation antipsychotic drugs?
A cause that is shared by most individuals with a personality disorder.
What is trauma/abuse?
A disorder marked by a failure to speak in certain situations when speech is expected yet being able to speak in other situations.
What is selective mutism?
What is confidentiality?
What is catatonia?
A side effect of taking first-gen antipsychotics that leads to tic-like movements of the face and limbs.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
A personality disorder classified as a pattern of clinginess, obedience, and fear of separation.
What is dependent personality disorder?
A pattern of conduct disorder that includes breaking windows and setting fires.
What is covert-destructive pattern?
A legal process that forces a person to undergo mental health treatment if they are dangerous to themselves or others.
What is civil commitment?
A schizophrenia spectrum disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms lasting between 1 and 6 months.
What is schizophreniform disorder?
A residential option for those with severe mental disorders to live independently with a paraprofessional on site.
What is a halfway house?
A personality disorder that is difficult to treat because of a client's lack of a conscious, desire to change, or respect for therapy.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
Chromosomal conditions that can lead to an intellectual disability.
What are down syndrome and fragile X syndrome?
An insanity test still used today that combines multiple insanity tests from the past.
What is the American Law Institute Test?
Types of delusions where individuals believe they are being targeted or deliberately victimized.
What are delusions of persecution?
A type of therapy that educates clients about their hallucinations and tries to challenge those hallucinations.
What is hallucination reinterpretation and acceptance?
A personality disorder marked by persistently avoiding social relationships and focusing mainly on themselves because they truly want to be alone.
What is schizoid personality disorder?
An intellectual disability where individuals live in group works, require careful supervision, and can perform basic tasks.
What is severe intellectual disability?
A verdict given to those incapable of understanding the legal charges and proceedings they are facing.
What is mentally incompetent?