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34 Cards in this Set
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the onset of schizophrenia typically occurs during __ or __
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adolescence or early adulthood
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the period of risk for the development of a first episode is between the ages of __ and __
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15 and 35
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3 phases of schizophrenia
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prodromal, active, residual
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prodromal phase
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increased tension, and restlessness, social withdrawal, indecisiveness, lack of willpower
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active phase
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second phase; hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized speech
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residual phase
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signs and symptoms similar to prodromal phase; most dramatic symptoms have improved but they continue to be impaired in ways; neg. symptoms like impoverished expression of emotions may remain pronounced in this phase
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positive symptoms
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(aka psychotic symptoms) hallucinations and delusions
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negative symptoms
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characteristics such as lack of initiative, social withdrawal, and deficits in emotional responding (absence of a particular respnse)
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disorganized symptoms
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verbal communication problems and bizarre behavior
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3 types of symptoms
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positive, negative, disorganized
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blunted effect
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(aka affective flattening) show no emotion; expressionless; no voice fluctuation
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anhedonia
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the inability to experience pleasure
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apathy
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lack of emotion or feeling
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avolition
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loss of willpower; no working toward goals or doing anything that needs to be done
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alogia
and what are the two forms |
impoverished thinking
1)poverty of speech 2)thought blocking |
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poverty of speech
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don't have anything to say
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thought blocking
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their train of speech is interrupted before a thought or idea has been completed
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disorganized speech
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(aka thought disorder) the tendency to say things that don't make sense
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loose associations
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(aka derailment) shifting topics too abruptly
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tangentiality
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replying to a question with an irrelevant response
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perseveration
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repeating the same word or phrase over and over again
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catatonia
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immobility and marked muscular rigidity (but can also refer to excitement and overactivity); but still aware of what's going on
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stuporous state
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a state in which one has reduced responsiveness (unaware of their surroundings)
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innapropriate affect
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showing affect that is inconsistent with one's feelings
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subtypes of schizophrenia
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catatonic type,disorganized type,paranoid type, undifferentiated type, and residual type
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catatonic type
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symptoms of motor immobility or excessive and purposeless motor activity
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disorganized type
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disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and flat or inappropriate affect
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paranoid type
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have systematic delusions with persecutory or grandiose content
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undifferentiated type
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no longer meet the criteria for active phase symptoms but still demonstrate continued negative symptoms or delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech
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schizoaffective disorder
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an episode in which the symptoms of schizophrenia partially overlap with a major depressive episode or a manic episode
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percent of the population that has schizophrenia at any given time
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1%
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is schizophrenia cross-cultural?
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yes
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high expressed emotion
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family is negative, critical and hostile toward their schizophrenic family member
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families with high EE often causes patients to __
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relapse
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