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What is it?
Behaviour
Symptoms/Triggers
Diagnosis
Treatment
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What kind of illness is schizophrenia?
Mental illness
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True or False: Patients experiencing schizophrenia noticeably behave and act strangely
True
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What are some causes of schizophrenia
Negative Environments, Traumatic Experiences, Inherited Gene
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What basic ways can doctors diagnose schizophrenia?
Observing the patient in daily life and social groups, and looking at their medical files
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What is the most popular way to treat schizophrenia
Medication
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The time/portion of life a person generally develops schizophrenia
young adulthood (second third of life)
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Does a person suffering from schizophrenia believes that the rest of society is against them, and in extreme cases, believes that everyone intends to kill them in some shape or form.
Yes, the voices within the mind of a schizophrenia patient influence the person to believe such things
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List 3 symptoms of schizophrenia
May vary, examples: Hallucinations Delusions, lack of emotions and motivation, Deformed thought processes, etc.
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List one of the three tests doctors perform before diagnosing a patient with schizophrenia
Blood Tests, Imagining/ Brain Studies, Psychological
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List a way to help a person with schizophrenia other than medication
Counselling/therapy, Self-help resources, LEAP
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People suffering from schizophrenia typically experience what?
troubles with mental processes, and cognitive ability
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What happens to a schizophrenia patient's behaviour when they have not been taking their medication?
The behaviour of the person will increase to more intense and concerning actions, and may come off as dangerous or suspicious
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What is the major symptom or belief of a person suffering from schizophrenia?
That they "are not sick, and do not need help"
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True or False: There is schizophrenia criteria a doctor must follow in order to legally diagnose a patient
True
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If a patient takes medication and starts to get better, and then stops taking medication, what happens?
The symptoms and behaviours will come back even worse and stronger than they were before
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What are the most common experiences a person with schizophrenia have?
hallucinations, delusions, and voices inside the head
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What tends to cause a person with schizophrenia to struggle to communicate and hold conversations with others?
The train of thought changes from topic to topic rapidly, resulting in inability to understand or make sense of what is being said
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What are the 4 categories of symptoms
1) Positive Symptoms 2) Negative Symptoms 3) Cognitive Symptoms 4) Thought Disorder
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What are these three rules used for? 1) Have at least 2 of the 5 listed symptoms 2) Unable to perform responsibilities, initiative, and/or daily activities 3) Experienced at least 6 months of constant symptoms
The criteria of schizophrenia- used to legally diagnose a patient with schizophrenia
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What does LEAP stand for?
Listen, Empathize, Agree, Partner
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True or False: Schizophrenia can be found in small children due to traumatic experiences or negative environments
False
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True or False: The behaviour of a person with schizophrenia is always harmful to others, as well as to themselves
False
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Why might it be hard to maintain a job, education, or even a family when suffering from schizophrenia?
Answers may vary. Example: Having mixed emotions, thoughts, and motivations, a person could either harm others, lack a drive to participate in the working or education environment
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A person experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia for only 3 months constantly can still be diagnosed with schizophrenia Is this true?
No usually. If at least 5 symptoms are constant for 3 months constantly then yes, however if less than 5 symptoms then no.
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Who is Xavier Amador and what did he do?
A doctor that studies mental illnesses (specifically schizophrenia and bipolar) Wrote the book "I am not sick, I don't need help"