Hallucinations
Primary Symptoms
Delusions
General Knowledge
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100
What is the definition of a hallucination according to the DSM- V?
A perception-like experience that occurs without external stimuli.
100
Name two of the five symptoms that must be present for at least one month.
1. Disorganized Speech
2. Hallucinations
3. Disorganized or catatonic behavior
4. Delusions
5. Negative symptoms
100
What is the definition of a delusion according to the DSM- V?
A fixed belief or beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.
100
Disorganized thinking can only be considered a symptom of schizophrenia if it is severe enough to ________________________.
substantially impair effective communication.
100
Vincent Van Gogh
200
Which sense or senses can people experience hallucinations through?
All of them (gustatory, olfactory, tactile, visual, auditory).
200
At least one of which three symptoms must be present for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Disorganized speech
200
Name three types of delusions.
Persecutory, referential, somatic, religious, grandiose, erotomanic, nihlistic
200
Schizophrenia is part of which group of disorders?
Psychotic
200
Elyn Saks
300
Which sensory hallucination is the most common?
Auditory
300
Signs of the disturbance must be around for at least how long?
6 months
300
What are somatic delusions?
Delusions regarding health and organ function.
300
What two things must be ruled out before attributing a symptom to schizophrenia?
Medical condition and effects of a substance.
300
John Nash
(A Beautiful Mind)
400
Finish this sentence:
Auditory Hallucinations are usually experiences as voices, whether familiar or unfamiliar, that are perceived as distinct from___________________.
the individual's own thoughts.
400
Name and define the three types of disorganized thinking.
1. Derailment/loose association - Switching topics from one to another
2. Tangentiality - Answers to questions may be obliquely related or completely unrelated
3. Incoherance/word salad - speech so disorganized that it is nearly incomprehensible and resembles receptive aphasia in its linguistic disorganization.
400
Name and define the most common type of delusion.
Persecutory: A belief that one is going to be harmed, harassed, and so forth by an individual, organization, or other group.
400
Finish the sentence:
For a significant portion of the time since the onset of the disturbance, level of functioning in one or more major areas, such as work, interpersonal relations, or self-care, is markedly below___________________.
the level achieved prior to the onset.
400
Darrell Hammond
500
Name either the term used for hallucinations that occur while falling asleep or for when waking up.
Falling asleep - hypnagogic
Waking up - hypnopompic
500
Negative symptoms are most common in which phase(s) of schizophrenia.
prodromal AND residual
500
What are the names of the two types of bizarre delusions where one's thoughts have been removed by an outside force (A), or put into one's mind (B).
A. Thought Withdrawal
B. Thought Insertion.
500
Recent studies have linked significantly higher levels of certain bacteria in people with schizophrenia. Where are these bacteria found in the body?
In the throat and in feces.
500
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