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Chapter 11 - Schizophrenia

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show Disorder marked by breakdown in cognitive, emotional and behavioral functions. A rare but devestating illness.  
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What are delusions?   show
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Most common types of delusions   show
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Thought Disorder   show
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show When a person goes on a tangin before getting to the point  
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show When a person goes on a tangin without reaching a point.  
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Poverty of Speech   show
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Thought Blocking   show
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Neologisms   show
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show Repeating things.  
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Clanging   show
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Hallucinations   show
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What is the most common hallucination?   show
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show 3rd person commentary and command hallucinations.  
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show Inability to experience pleasure. No change in mood.  
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show Behavior that doesn't express any change in mood. Voice and expressions usually just stayes flat.  
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Inappropriate Affect   show
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Avolition   show
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show Posturing or mannerisms. Example, freezing in a posture for an hour.  
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show Staying at a posture and being very stiff, almost impossible to move.  
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Waxy flexibility Catatonia   show
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Echolalia   show
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show Repeating, immitating motormovements.  
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show Added behavior that wasn't present in the person's life before Schizophrenia.  
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Negative symptoms   show
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show Psychosis: Problems with knowing what is reality and what is not. Schizophrenia: a psychotic disorder because it makes people have difficulties with knowing what's reality and what's not.  
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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia   show
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Paranoid Type   show
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show Disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, flator inappropriate affect. Delusions tend to be disorganized (religious or sexual. Often neglect hygiene.  
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Catatonic Type   show
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show Major symptoms of schizophrenia but doesn't fit in one preticular type. Might fit on none or in many.  
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Residual Type   show
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show One of more positive symptoms of schizophrenia that lasts less than a month and is caused by trauma orextreme stress.  
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show Delusions due to living with someone else with delusions. Little is known about this condition.  
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Genetic factors for Schizophrenia   show
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show 3%  
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show If a monozygotic twin has schizophrenia, there is a 48% that the other one will get it. If a fraternal twin has schizophrenia there is only a 17% chance that the other one will get it.  
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Environmental factors   show
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Studies of the Offsrping of twins   show
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Result of studies of the offspring of twins   show
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Search for behavioral markers of schizophrenia   show
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show Antipsychotic drug. Drugs found to reduce posative symptoms, they blockes action of neurostransmitters. Conclusion: schizophrenia related to too much dopamine activity. Proof: drugs that increase dopamine cab produce schizophrenic symptoms.  
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show 3 of 4 adults with schizophrenia show loss of brain tissue. Evidence: enlarged ventricles and reduced brain tissue volume.  
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Hypofrontality in Pre-frontal cortex   show
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show Severe flu during 2nd trimester can results in a higher risk of schizophrenia for child.  
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show Stress may activate underlying vulerability and or increase risk of relapse.  
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show Low tolerance and empathy for the ill family member can result in relapse. Living in a hostile and critical household increase relapse. Ex: patient with EE 50% and patient without EE 14%  
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show Diathesis is the predisposition to develop schizophrenia, most often biological. Stess combined with the diathesis can lead to schizophenia  
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show Lobotomy, electroconvulsive therapy, insulin shock therapy (induse seizures and then coma, when the patient wakes up he is supposebly treated.)  
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show Ex. Haldol, Thorazine, Stelazine. They block dopamine receptors in the brain. They primarily help positive symptoms.  
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Short term Side effects of antipsychotic medication   show
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Long term die effects of antipsychotic medication   show
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show Focus on stress reduction, social skills, dealing with criticism, and medication compliance  
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