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An example of a negative symptom of schizophrenia is
a. a hallucination. b. lack of goal-directed activity. c. disorganized, loose speech. d. a delusion. |
b. lack of goal-directed activity
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An example of a positive symptom of schizophrenia is
a. lack of emotion. b. lack of goal-directed behavior. c. disorganized speech. d. language that contains little information. |
c. disorganized speech
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Childhood schizophrenia
a. occurs at lower rates than adult schizophrenia. b. is thought to be more prevalent in the social classes. c. is more prevalent in girls than boys. d. a and b above e. all of the above |
a. occurs at lower rates than adult schizophrenia
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Which kind of hallucination is most common in youth with schizophrenia?
a. auditory b. touch c. visual d. smell |
a. auditory
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When schizophrenia occurs in childhood,
a. it has more favorable prognosis than later-occurring cases. b. it usually occurs abruptly. c. hallucinations are identical to those found in adult schizophrenia. d. nonpsychotic symptoms often occur before psychotic symptoms. |
d. nonpsychotic symptoms often occur before psychotic symptoms
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The following are associated with favorable prognosis for schizophrenia of youth except
a. gradual onset. b. presence of specific factors that seem to precipitate the disorder. c. good premorbid adjustment. d. early pharmacological intervention |
b. presence of specific factors that seem to precipitate the disorder
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Which of the following is inaccurate concerning childhood schizophrenia?
a. Some impairment in communication is common. b. Most schizophrenic children show moderate mental retardation. c. A variety of social and emotional symptoms occur. d. Some schizophrenic children are motorically delayed and awkward. |
b. Most schizophrenic children show moderate mental retardation.
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What percentage of childhood onset cases continue with a chronic or severe course of schizophrenia?
a. 10 percent b. 25 percent c. 50 percent d. 75 percent |
d. 75 percent
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Negative symptoms have been associated with:
a. increased frontal lobe activity. b. decreased frontal lobe activity. c. a highly reactive autonomic nervous system. d. cerebellum dysfunction. |
b. decreased frontal lobe activity
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Which structural brain anomaly is found in schizophrenia?
a. decreased volume of gray matter b. increased volume of several areas, such as the thalamus and frontal areas c. smaller than average v entricle size d. a and c above |
a. decreased volume of gray matter
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Genetic studies of adult schizophrenia indicate
a. a 40 percent risk for youth with one schizophrenic parent. b. a concordance rate of 75 percent in identical twins. c. that inheritance does not fully account for the disorder. d. that single-gene inheritance rather than multiple genes are more likely involved in the disorder |
c. that inheritance does not fully account for the disorder
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Which of the following factors has been implicated or hypothesized in the etiology of schizophrenia?
a. pregnancy complications b. vulnerability-stress c. expressed emotion in families d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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With regard to the assessment of schizophrenia in youth,
a. it is especially difficult to evaluate hallucinations and delusions in young children. b. medical evaluation has no reasonable place in assessment. c. the presence of distorted perceptions is a clear sign of schizophrenia in young children. d. assessment of adolescents for the disorder is more difficult than assessment of children. |
a. it is especially difficult to evaluate hallucinations and delusions in young children
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Which of the following is a prevention effort in schizophrenia?
a. decreasing prenatal and birth complications b. early identification and treatment c. delaying the onset of psychosis d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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Which is true with regard to the psychopharmacological treatment of youth with schizophrenia?
a. Some medications appear to alleviate schizophrenia to a modest degree. b. Typical antipsychotic medications tend to reduce negative but not positive symptoms. c. Atypical antipsychotic medications are promising but they have greater adverse motor effects than typical antipsychotic medications. d. all of the above |
a. Some medications appear to alleviate schizophrenia to a modest degree
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Which of the following treatment methods for schizophrenia in youth has been most widely rejected?
a. family approaches b. electroconvulsive shock c. medications d. behavioral approaches |
b. electroconvulsive shock
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With regard to treatment of schizophrenia in youth,
a. a family psychoeducational approach is very important. b. children and adolescents can typically discontinue treatment during prodromal phases. c. educational interventions are typically not needed if the positive symptoms can be controlled via medication. d. all of the above. |
a. a family psychoeducational approach is very important
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