Chapter 12

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Schizophrenia

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A psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions, and motor abnormalities.

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Psychosis

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A state in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways.

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Positive Symptoms

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Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be excesses of or bizarre additions to normal thoughts, emotions, or behaviors.

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Delusion

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A strange false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary.

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Formal Thought Disorder

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A disturbance in the production and organization of thought.

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Loose Associations

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A common thinking disturbance in schizophrenia, characterized by rapid shifts form one topic of conversation to another. Also known as Derailment.

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Hallucination

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The experiencing of sights, sounds, or other perceptions in the absences of external stimuli.

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Inappropriate Affect

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Display of emotions that are unsuited to the situation; a symptom of schizophrenia.

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Negative Symptoms

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Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be deficits in normal thought, emotions, or behaviors.

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Alogia

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A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia. Also knows as Poverty of Speech.

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Catatonia

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A pattern of extreme psychomotor symptoms found in some forms of schizophrenia, which may include catatonic stupor, rigidity, or posturing.

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Dopamine Hypothesis

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The theory that schizophrenia results from excessive activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

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Antipsychotic Drugs

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Drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking.

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Phenothiazines

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A group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antipsychotic medications.

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Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs

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A relatively new group of antipsychotic drugs whose biological action is different from that of the traditional antipsychotic drugs.

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Schizophrenogenic Mother

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A type of mother - supposedly cold, domineering, and uninterested in the needs of others - who was once thought to cause schizophrenia in her child.

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Expressed Emotion

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The general level of criticism, disapproval, and hostility expressed in a family. People recovering from schizophrenia are considered more likely to relapse if their families rate high in expressed emotion.

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State Hospitals

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Public mental hospitals in the United States, run by the individual states.

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Milieu Therapy

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A humanistic approach to institutional treatment based on the belief that institutions can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-respect, responsible behavior, and meaningful activity.

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Token Economy Program

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A behavioral program in which a person's desirable behaviors are reinforced systematically throughout the day by the awarding of tokens that can be exchanged for goods or privileges.

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Neuroleptic Drugs

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Conventional antipsychotic drugs, so called because they often produce undesired effects similar to the symptoms of neurological disorders.

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Extrapyramidal Effects

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Unwanted movements, such as severe shaking, bizarre-looking grimaces, twisting of the body, and extreme restlessness, sometimes produced by conventional antipsychotic drugs.

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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Extrapyramidal effects that appear in some patients after they have taken conventional antipsychotic drugs for an extended time.

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Deubstitutionalization

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The discharge of large numbers of patients from long-term institutional care so that they might be treated in community programs.

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Community Mental Health Center

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A treatment facility that provides medication, psychotherapy, and emergency care for psychological problems and coordinates treatment in the community.

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Aftercare

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A program of post-hospitalization care and treatment in the community.

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Day Center

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A program that offers hospital-like treatment during the day only. Also known as a Day Hospital.

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Halfway House

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A residence for people with schizophrenia or other sever problems, often staffed by paraprofessionals. Also known as a Group Home or Crisis House.

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Sheltered Workshop

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A supervised workplace for people who are not yet ready for competitive jobs.

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Case Manager

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A community therapist who offers a full range of services for people with schizophrenia or other severe disorders, including therapy, advice, medication, guidance, and protection of patients' rights.