Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 10-1

What are common things schizophrenics experience?

auditory, hearing voices

What do individuals with schizophrenia often have?

hallucinations

Schizophrenics experience delusions

true

What does schizo mean in schizophrenia?

to split

What is psychosis?

different place, different reality,

What is psychosis characterized by?

by unusual thinking, distorted perceptions, and odd behaviors

What are hallucinations?

false sensory perception

What are delusions?

false belief

What is psychosis?

severe mental condition characterized by a loss of contact with reality

What psychosis most often associated with?

schizophrenia, however, psychotic experiences may occur across many physical experiences and psychological disorders

What is meant by the term schizophrenia?

severe psychological disorder characterized by disorganization in thought, perception, and behavior

What was schizophrenia formerly known as?

Dementia Praecox

In schizophrenia there are variability in symptoms, treatment responses, course and outcome

true

What are the misconceptions regarding schizophrenia?

regarding multiple personalities (schizophrenia is not split personalities)

Significant stigma is associated with schizophrenia

true

What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

behaviors that people most often associate with schizophrenia, consist of unusual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Delusions (persecutory delusions and delusions of influence) are known to be positive symptoms of schizophrenia

true

Schizophrenics go through disorganized thought

true

What is disorganized thought?

Inferred from abnormal speech (e.g., loose associations, thought blocking, clang associations)

What is catatonia?

Waxy flexibility where someone can keep consistent in the same position for hours and hours

What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

behaviors, emotions, or thought processes (cognitions) that exist in people without a psychiatric disorder but are absent (or are substantially diminished) in people with schizophrenia

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia experience what type of emotional expression?

diminished emotional expression

What is anhedonia, part of negative symptoms

lack of capacity for pleasure

What is avolition, part of negative symptoms?

apathy where they do not have desire to do anything

What is alogia, part of negative symptoms

decreased quality/quantity of speech

What is considered another negative symptom of schizophrenia?

psychomotor retardation

Schizophrenia cognitive impairments: What are one of the earliest signs of schizophrenia?

Deficits in cognitive ability

Deficits in cognitive ability are one of the earliest signs of schizophrenia they are what?

-long lasting

-strongly correlated with functional impairment

What do the cognitive impairments of schizophrenia include?

•Impairments in visual and verbal learning and memory

•Inability to pay attention

•Decreased speed of information processing

•Impaired abstract reasoning and executive functioning

Schizophrenia cognitive impairments: what is social cognition?

ability to perceive, interpret, and understand social information including other people’s beliefs, attitudes, and emotions

What are the impairments of schizophrenia in social cognition?

•Inability to perceive social nuances and engage in basic conversation

•Inability to identify the emotional states of other people and comprehend sarcasm and lies

•Reduced emotional responses to positive and negative events