Schizophrenia Facts
What are the three pathopsychology theories in Schizophrenia? (Neurotransmitters involved)
What is
•High Dopamine levels
•Low GABA levels
•High Serotonin levels
The inability to move normally; may be unable to move
What is catatonia?
The absence of essential human qualities
What is Negative Symptoms?
Delusions
What is a Positive symptom?
Usually patients don’t seek treatment at this time
What is the Prodromal Phase?
Name four categories of Schizophrenic symptoms
What are:
Positive symptoms, Negative symptoms, Cognitive Symptoms, Mood Symptoms?
The mimicking of movements of others movements or meaningless movement. A psychotic symptom
Echopraxia
These are the two POSITIVE or more obvious symptoms of schizophrenia:
What is Delusions and Hallucinations
Cognitive delay
What is a cognitive symptom?
The goal of this phase is to continue symptom reduction and relapse prevention/recovery
What is the Stabilization Phase?
Name at least three potential causes of Schizophrenia?
What are?
•Genetic factors
•Environmental Factors- Alcohol intake, Illicit/Psychoactive drug use, •Stress
•Biochemical factors- •Dopamine theory – thought to play major role in symptoms due to 1st gen. •Other neurochemical hypotheses - serotonin may play role as 2nd generation drugs block serotonin and dopamine
•Brain structure abnormality
The uncomfortable belief that someone else has inserted thoughts into their brain(s).
What is thought insertion?
These are the three NEGATIVE symptoms that usually indicate the absence or insufficiency of normal behavior
What is Emotional and social withdrawal, apathy, and poverty of thought or speech.
Depressed Mood
What is a Mood Symptom?
This phase is defined as positive & negative symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, apathy & withdrawal - loss of functional ability.
What is the Acute Phase?
•Antipsychotics
•Anxiolytics
•Antidepressants
•Mood Stabilizers
Medications classes for Schizophrenic patients
Speech pattern in which patient includes unnecessary details but reach a point
What is Circumstantiality?
This is a term that describes an irrational fear ranging from mild (wary, guarded) to profound (kill you)
What is paranoia?
Social withdrawal
What is a Negative Symptom
The goal of this phase is to sustain remission, maintain patient functioning, monitor for side effects from medication
What is the Stable Phase?
Name at least 4 PRIORITY NANDA nursing diagnosis for Schizophrenic patients receiving acute inpatient psychiatric treatment
What are:
•Risk for self directed/other directed violence
•Disturbed thought process
•Ineffective Coping Skills
•Disrupted Sensory Perception (Auditory/Visual)
•Impaired Social Interaction
•Interrupted Family Process
•Impaired Verbal Communication
?
Speech pattern in which patient is rapidly moving from one thought to next; often this is difficult to follow conversation.
What is flight of ideas?
Occasionally people with schizophrenia display this term which means laughing or crying at improper times.
What is INAPPROPRIATE AFFECT
Paranoid Ideations
What is a positive symptom?
The goal of this phase was to maintain safety, prevent harm, return patient to best level of functioning connect to community aftercare, create/maintain family alliance
What is the Acute Phase?