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Psych MOD 3 & 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What neurotransmitter is most likely associated with the symptoms of schizophrenia? | Dopamine Hypothesis - excess dopamine |
| What phase of schizophrenia is social maladjustment, social withdrawal, irritability, and antagonist thoughts and behavior. Social withdrawn and maladjusted? | Phase 1:Premorbid Phase |
| What phase refers to certain signs and symptoms that precede the characteristics manifestations of the acute, fully developed illness, the beginning of psychotic symptoms? | Phase II:Prodromal Phase |
| What phase is The active phase of the disorder, psychotic symptoms are prominent, including delusions and hallucinations? | Phase III: Schizophrenia |
| What phase is when active schizophrenia is characterized by periods of remission and exacerbation usually following an active phase of the illness and Negative symptoms present? | Phase IV: Residual Phase |
| What are delusions? | false personal beliefs not consistent with a person's intelligence or cultural background. The individual continues to have the belief in spite of obvious proof that is is false and/or irrational. |
| What are hallucinations? | false sensory perceptions related to internal stimuli and can be auditory, visual, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory. |
| Schizoeffective disorder is related to two mood disorders, what are they? | depression and mania |
| What are some of the symptoms of schizoeffective disorder? | |
| What is the decisive factor in the diagnosis of schizoeffective disorder? | presence of hallucinations and/or delusion that occur at least 2 weeks in the absence of a major mood episode |
| What was the first atypical antipsychotic to be developed? | clozapine(Clozaril) |
| Why is the first atypical antipsychotic NOT considered a first line treatment for schizophrenia? | because it is associated with the side effect of Agranulocytosis |
| What does the AIMS test? | Tardive Dyskinesia |
| Is Tardive Dyskinesia early onset or late? | late |
| Is EPS early onset early or late? | early |
| In schizophrenia what are the common delusions? | persecution, grandeur, reference, control/influence, somatic, and nihilistic |