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What are the 4 A's of Schizophrenia?
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1. Abnormal Associations
2. Autistic Thinking/Behavior 3. Abnormal Affect 4. Ambivalence |
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What is ambivalence in terms of schizophrenia?
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Knowing you have schizophrenia but still believing that people are following you
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What is the lifetime risk of schizophrenia?
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About 0.7%
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In which sex does schizophrenia have a higher incidence?
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Men
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Is there a sex difference in prevalence, why/why not?
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NO, because men die off faster with schizophrenia
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What is the first phase of schizophrenia?
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The "Prodromal" psychosis - period of attenuated psychotic symptoms before the onset of overt psychosis
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What are 4 symptoms seen in the prodromal schizophrenia?
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1. Visual/auditory illusions
2. Mild paranoid ideas or ideas of reference 3. Negative symptoms 4. Difficulty with cognition |
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What are the 5 characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia?
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1. Delusions
2. Hallucinations 3. Disorganized speech 4. Disorganized / catatonic 5. Negative Symptoms |
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What must be the duration of schizophrenia to be diagnosed?
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>6 months
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What are the most common delusions?
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Persecutory and delusions of reference (thinking innocuous stimuli pertain/are relevant to the patient)
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What are the most common type of hallucinations?
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Auditory
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What is a current hypothesis as to the pathology of schizophrenia?
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Hyperdomaminergic mesolimbic pathways lead to aberrant salience being attributed to random stimuli
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What are 5 negative symptoms?
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1. Alogia - Reduce verbal communication
2. Flat Affect 3. Anhedonia - reduced interest or pleasure (esp anticipatory pleasure) 4. Avolition - Reduced motivation 5. Asociality - reduced social drive and interaction |
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What are the 2 major mood symptoms in schizophrenia?
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1. Depression
2. Anxiety |
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What is a major cognitive comorbidity seen in schizophrenia?
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Cognitive deficits - global deficit in cognition 1-2 SD's below mean
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What are the 5 areas of greatest deficit seen in schizophrenia?
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1. Verbal learning and memory
2. Visual learning and memory 3. Attention 4. Speed of processing 5. Executive function |
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When are cognitive deficits first noticeable?
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At time of first measurement (ex: 6-7 years)
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When are cognitive deficits most dramatic?
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Between ages 12-17
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What are the 4 phases of schizophrenia?
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1. Premordid phase
2. Prodromal phase 3. Psychotic phase 4. Stable Phase |
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Antipsychotic medications generally only treat what symptoms?
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Positive symptoms
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