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What are symptoms of psychosis?
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loss of contact with reality
behave differently hallucinations (sensory experience without sensory input) Delusions |
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What does schizophrenia disturb?
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perception
thought speech movement |
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who is emile kraepelin?
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first person to classify schizophrenia as a mental illness with a scientific approach
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who is eugene bleuler
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the person who coined the term schizophrenia as split mind
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what are three categories of schizophrenic symptoms?
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positive
negative disorganized |
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what does positive symptoms mean?
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additions to behavior you shouldn't have
ex: hallucinations |
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what does negative symptoms mean?
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behaviors that you should have but don't
ex: anhedonia |
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what does disorganized symptoms mean?
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bizarre behaviors or speech
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which is easier to treat, positive or negative symptoms, and why?
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positive,
it's easier to take away than to add |
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which tends to come first, positive or negative sympotoms?
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positive
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what is a delusion?
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a disturbance in thought process that a person believes is real, even though it is not
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what is the most common form of a delusion?
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delusion of grandeur
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what is a delusion of grandeur
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a delusion where you think you are someone special
ex: jesus |
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what is a delusion of persecution
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a delusion where you think people are out to get you
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what is a delusion of capgrass?
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a delusion that someone stole or overtook your body that wasn't you
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what is a delusion of cotard
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a delusion that you think you're dead
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what is more common in hallucinations: audio, or visual symtoms
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audio
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what part of the brain lights up with hallucinations
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broca's area
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True or False? negative symptoms are hard to control
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true
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what is avolition?
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inability to associate and are disengaged
apathy |
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what is alogia?
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relative absence of speech
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what is anhedonia?
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loss or absence of pleasure with something that usually caused pleasure
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what is affective flattening?
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don't show emotions how you'd think
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what is catatonia?
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muscular invisibility, waxing flexibility
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what is cognitive slippage?
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inability to solve problems
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what is schizophreniform?
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like schizophrenia, but only lasts a few months and then disappears
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what is schizoaffective disorder
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this is the combination of bipolar disorder and shizophrenia
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what is delusional disorder
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only delusional symptoms
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what are the types of delusional disorders?
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erotomania
grandiose jealous persecuting sematic |
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what is erotomania delusions
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the idea that someone loves you and won't let go
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what is grandiose delusions
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you thik someone is special, or that you have special abilities
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what is jealous delusions
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the romantic jealousy or partner being untruthful
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what is sematic delusions
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physical problems
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true or false, men outnumber women in all psychosis disorders
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true
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how many patiens does neuroleptics work for?
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60-70%
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schizophrenia is a multigenetic causal disease. what does this mean?
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11/22 genes are involved in having hte diseasetrue
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true or false? a person can have schizophrenia and be a carrier, but not actually have the disease?
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true
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true or false? schizophrenia is an inherited disease?
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true
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what chromosomes are mostly looked at when diagnosing schizophrenia?
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8
6 22 |
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what is the dopamine hypothesis?
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too much dopamine causes schizophrenia, too little, parkinson's
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what are neuroleptics?
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antipsychotics used to reduce positive symptoms
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what all do neurocognitive disorders affect?
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learning
memory consiousness |
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what are the three classes of neurocognitive disorders?
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delirium
mild neurocognitive disorders major neurocognitive disorders |
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what is delirium?
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a group of behaviors (ex: confusion, disorientation) impairing consciousness and cognition
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what is major neurocognitive disorders
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previously labelled dementia
gradual deterioration of the brain functioning that affects memory, judgment, language, and other cognitive processes |
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what is neurocognitive disorders due to alzheimer's disease?
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multiple cognitive defects impacting memory, judgment, orientation, and reasoning
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what are two dimentia types?
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cortical and subcortical
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what does cortical mean?
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degradation happens in the cortex
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what does subcortical mean?
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degradation happens in the middle of the brain
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true or false? alzheimers is a cortical disease?
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true
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what is sundowner's syndrome?
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a disease that symptoms are more exasperated after the sun goes down
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what is aphasia?
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where you cannot put words/names to things
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what is apraxia
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difficulty in movements
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what is agnosia
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failure to recognize common objects
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what is facial agnosia
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inability to recognize familiar faces
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what percentage of all diseases are alzheimers?
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50
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what role does estrogen play in alzheimers?
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too much may reduce alzheimers, too much can cause cancer
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what is vascular neurocognitive disorders
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a progressive brain disorder that is common cause of neurological defects
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what does frontotemporal neurocognitive disorders affect?
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frontal and temporal regions of the brain
personality language behavior |
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what is pick's disease?
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a rare neurological condition
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what is traumatic brain injury having to do with neurocognitive disorders
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it can cause a disorder, having symptoms lasting for a week, like executive dysphoria
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what is lewy body disease
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Lewy bodies are microscopic deposits of a protein that damage brain cells over time
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what are symptoms of lewy body disease
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visual hallucinations
alertness to detail decreased motor skills |
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what is parkinson's disease
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a degenerative brain disorder
due to dopamine levels |
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what are symptoms of parkinson's disease
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tremors
posture walking speech shut down system |
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how does HIV affect neurocognitive disorders
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it can affect the brain, causing neurological impairments and dimentia
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what is huntington's disease?
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Genetic autosomal dominant disorder
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what chromosome is affected through huntington's
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chromosome 4
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true or false? huntington's disease abnormalities are passed through females/
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false, males
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what is prion's disease
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proteins that reduce themselves and damage brain cells
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what are Neurofibrillary tangles
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small protein chains that twist on each other
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what are amyloid plaques
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gummy plaque that destroys brain cells
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what is the APP gene and what chromosome does it affect?
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β-amyloid precursor protein
APP gene on chromosome 21 |
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what are three areas of focus in treating neurocognitive disorders?
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Prevent certain conditions
Delaying onset Cope with the advancing deterioration |
