Schizophrenia
The three primary features of schizophrenia
What are delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech/behavior?
The sudden, temporary loss of memory or identity, often triggered by trauma or stress.
What is dissociative amnesia?
The primary difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
The dissociative state where the person experiences the world as unreal, detached, or distorted.
What is derealization?
What 2016 movie, starring James McAvoy, portrayed a character that displayed signs and symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder?
What is Split?
The name of the disorder when it has lasted for less than six months that presents like schizophrenia.
What is schizophreniform disorder?
The antiquated name for dissociative identity disorder.
What is multiple personality disorder?
The type of delusion in schizoaffective disorder that involves belief that one has extraordinary powers or knowledge?
What is grandiose delusion?
The sense of detachment or disconnection from one's own body or mental processes, often felt as though observing the self from outside.
What is depersonalization?
What film about Dr. John Nash, starring Russel Crowe, portrayed a famous mathematician who was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
What is A Beautiful Mind?
The most common form of hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia.
What are auditory hallucinations?
This term refers to distinct personalities or identities seen in those with DID.
What are alters?
The type of mood episode often found in schizoaffective disorder, includes symptoms of extreme mood elevation, energy, and impulsivity.
What is mania?
The most common trigger for depersonalization/derealization episodes.
What is trauma/intense stress?
The set of symptoms associated with psychotic disorders that include things like stupor, mutism, stereotypy, or grimacing.
What is catatonia?
The term for beliefs that are strongly held despite evidence to the contrary, often seen in psychotic disorders.
What are delusions?
The primary defense mechanism thought to underlie development of DID.
What is dissociation?
The minimum duration that mood-related symptoms must be present in schizoaffective disorder.
What is two weeks?
The cognitive symptom often reported by individuals with DPDR disorder involving the perception that time is passing quickly or slowly.
What is a distorted sense of time?
This term describes a process of helping individuals with DID unify their alters into one coherent personality
What is integration?
What factor might make you rule out a schizophrenia diagnosis, even if the person demonstrated hallucinations and delusions?
What is substance use intoxication?
The most common co-occurring disorder in those with DID?
What is PTSD/CPTSD?
The two most common mood disorders associated with schizoaffective disorder.
What are Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar I Disorder?
What is a significant difference between schizophrenia and Depersonalization/Derealization disorder
What is intact reality testing?
The neurotransmitter believed to be overactive in certain brain areas involved in schizophrenia response for delusions and hallucinations.
What is dopamine.