What is the main neurotransmitter involved in Schizophrenia?
100
Carbamazepine
What is the name of the anticonvulsant Josh is on?
100
This treatment has been around since the 1990's and involves Seroquel, Rispernal, Zyprexa and Clorazil
What is antipsychotic medication?
100
Hearing, seeing, smelling, or feelings things, people, or objects that are not truly present
What are hallucinations?
200
Positive, Negative, and Cognitive
What are the 3 categories of symptoms involved in Schizophrenia?
200
Risperidone
What antipsychotic is a less expensive alternative to aripiprazole?
200
Therapy that focuses on real-life plans, problems and interpretations in relationships
What is group therapy?
200
Inability to enjoy regular activities (visiting with friends, etc.) as much as before
What is lack of emotion?
300
Mesolimbic Pathway
What pathway in the brain is related to the positive symptoms seen in Schizophrenia?
300
Suicidal thoughts and agranulocytosis
What are two life threatening side effects Carbamazepine and aripiprazole have in common?
300
Therapy that can decrease relapse rates for a schizophrenic from 50% to 10%?
What is family therapy?
300
may find it difficult to think and reason clearly. In conversation, one may jump from one topic to another without making much sense. One may also make up their own words or sounds
What is disorganized thought?
400
Mesocortical Pathway
What pathway in the brain is related to the negative and cognitive symptoms of Schizophrenia?
400
Promotor of better conditions in jails and asylums whose work led to the opening of 32 mental hospitals devoted to the humane treatment of patients
Who is Dorethea Dix?
400
the premise of thise type of therapy is that beliefs and cognitive assessments of self problems in the world affect how we perceive ourselves
What is cognitive therapy?
400
False beliefs strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence