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Psych 3.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the peak age for male schizophrenia? | 15-25 |
| What is the peak age for female schizophrenia? | 25-35 |
| What percent of the population does schizo affect? | 1% |
| What is schizophrenia characterized by? | Altered cognition, altered perception, and impaired reality testing |
| Delusional disorder criteria | False thoughts and beliefs that have lasted 1 month or longer, delusions including grandiose, persecutory somatic and referential themes. However, they are not severe enough to impact functioning |
| Brief psychotic disorder criteria | Sudden onset of one of the following: Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonic behavior |
| What is the duration criteria for brief psychotic disorder | Duration must last longer than 1 day, but no longer than 1 month, with expectation to return to normal function |
| Schizophreniform disorder | Exactly like that of schizophrenia, but symptoms have lasted less than 6 months. May or may not return to normal function |
| Schizoaffective disorder | Hx of mood disorders concurrent with sx that meet the criteria for schizophrenia |
| Schizophrenia DSM-5 Criteria | Schizophrenia sx for a significant portion of the month, for atleast 6 months |
| Where is schizophrenia most often diagnosed? | Urban areas |
| What is schizophrenia most commonly comorbid with? | SUD, Diabetes, polydipsia |
| What is the prodromal phase of schizophrenia? | Mild changes |
| First generation antipsychotics treat what symptoms? | Positive |
| Second Generation antipsychotics treat what symptoms? | Positive and negative |
| Cognitive symptoms are | Subtle or obvious impairment in memory, attention, and or thinking. |
| Affective sx | Symptoms including emotions and their expression. |