Basics
A mental health disorder that interferes with a person's perception of reality.
Schizophrenia
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Characterized by disorganized behavior, disorganized speech, and includes disturbance in emotional expression
Disorganized Schizophrenia
True or False
People with schizophrenia can seem perfectly normal one one moment and change into a different person the next
False
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
True or False
People with schizophrenia usually do NOT require long-term hospitalization
True
What are the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Delusions, Hallucinations, disorganized speech
What is the first line of treatment for schizophrenia
Medication
Catatonic
Which form would a person be restless and combative
Excited
True OR False
Violence is common among individuals with Schizophrenia
False
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
Which form would a person be mute, slowed movements, resist movement of a body part, or respond opposite to a request to move
Akinetic
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are the subtypes of Schizophrenia?
Catatonic, Paranoid, Residual, Disorganized
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
How is Residual Schizophrenia diagnosed? (Symptoms)
1) prominent negative symptoms
2) evidence in the past of at least one psychotic episode
3) at least 1 year of minimal hallucinations and delusions
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
The lack of insight and an unawareness of the presence of a disorder
Anosognosia
A person with ________ schizophrenia may be largely immobile, maintain a rigid posture OR there may be excessive, seemingly purposeless movement
Catatonic
Signs of Disorganized Speech
Loose Associations; words that only have meaning to the speaker
When is schizophrenia normally diagnosed?
Late adolescence to early 20's
The result of untreated schizophrenia
Catatonic Schizophrenia
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Reflect profound fear and anxiety along with the loss of the ability to tell what's real and what's not real
Paranoid Delusions
Triple Jeopardy
A form in which a person may have unstable vital signs and increased heart rate; can progress to a severe state rapidly; can be fatal
Malignant Catatonia
Which type of schizophrenia is the absence of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and catatonic behavior
Residual
What type of symptoms:
1) difficulty paying attention
2) social withdrawal
3) reduction in speech
Negative Symptoms
When diagnosing Schizophrenia with Catatonia, it's crucial to rule out what?
The side effects of an antipsychotic drug
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What type of schizophrenia can present as a disconnect between the patient's consciousness and the outside world
Catatonic
The most common time a person seeks initial treatment for schizophrenia is during ______ phase?
Active Phase
After the active phase, the patient enters the _____ phase of schizophrenia
Residual