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Conditions in OT (4th ed.) - Atchison & Dirette - CH.6_terms

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Paranoid schizophrenia   characterized by presence of hallucinations or delusions, w/o disorganized thoughts or behavior or socially inappropriate behavior; very suspicious of others; have grand schemes of persecution at the root of their behavior  
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Disorganized schizophrenia   (Hebephrenic) presents w/disorganized behavior, verbally incoherent & may have moods & emotions that aren’t appropriate; hallucinations usually aren’t present  
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Catatonic schizophrenia   (rarest) person is extremely withdrawn, negative & isolated, & has marked psychomotor disturbance (abnormal posture & movement), & minimal speech or echolalia  
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Residual schizophrenia   person is not currently suffering from delusions, or disorganized speech & behavior, but lacks motivation & interest in day-to-day living  
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Schizoaffective disorder   persons have symptoms of schizophrenia as well as mood disorders such as major depression, bipolar mania, or mixed mania  
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Undifferentiated schizophrenia   is given when the individual does not meet criteria for any of the other types while still meeting the general DX criteria for schizophrenia  
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Affect   observable facial expressions of a feeling or emotion; patients may be described as having a flat or blunt affect  
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Affective flattening   a blank, blunted facial expression or less lively facial movements, flat voice, or physical movements  
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Alogia   impoverished speech; difficulty or inability to speak  
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Anhedonia   loss of pleasure in previously enjoyed activities  
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Antipsychotic medication   meds designed to reduce the positive & negative symptoms  
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Associality   decreased interest in socialization & maintenance of relationships  
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Avolition   decreased motivation; reduction, difficulty, or inability to initiate & persist in goal-directed behavior  
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Catatonic behavior   loss of responsiveness to environmental clues; may become rigid or have bizarre postures, resist attempts to reposition; excessive, non-purposeful motor activity may be observed  
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Cogwheel rigidity   stiff movement in one direction in small evenly placed segments; the tension in the muscle gives way in little jerks when the muscle is passively stretched  
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Cognitive symptoms   (cognitive deficit) problems with attention, certain types of memory, & the executive functions that allow us to plan & organize; can be difficult to recognize, but are most disabling in terms of leading a normal life  
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Delusions   atypical & well-organized beliefs not explained by evidence or culture; fixed beliefs that are typically due to misinterpretation of an event/experience; delusions are categorized as bizarre or nonbizarre  
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Bizarre delusions   characterized by beliefs of events that are clearly impossible; ex. A belief that you were impregnated by aliens while you slept  
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Nonbizarre delusions   example: the belief that all coworkers are talking about the person; individual may interpret that all private conversations observed at work to be about oneself  
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Delusions of grandeur   self-inflated views present in conversation  
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Disorganized behavior   unpredictable, socially inappropriate behaviors that interfere with daily activities; example: agitated or angry outburst; sexually acting out in public (masturbation); difficulties in performing goal-directed tasks such as meal prep or grooming  
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Disorganized thinking   person has difficulty organizing thoughts or connecting them logically; speech may be garbled or hard to understand; "thought blocking"; may make up words  
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Dysphoria   depressed mood; can be present during or following a psychotic episode & may require intervention  
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Extrapyramidal syndrome   abnormal movements similar to Parkinson’s caused by antipsychotic meds (by blocking dopamine receptors)  
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Five types of delusions   persecutory, referential, somatic, religious, & grandiose  
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Fixed ideas   an individual holds an unchangeable idea  
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Flight of ideas   accelerated speech with rapid changes in subject; associations are understandable unlike the lack of connections that are associated with looseness of associations  
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Genotype   genetic make-up of humans/ animals  
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Hallucinations   the experience of particular sensations that re not real to others & that are experienced while awake; usually auditory or visual, but can sometimes include other senses  
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Ideas of reference   individuals believe that others are talking about or referring to them  
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Negative symptoms   (refers to reductions in normal emotional & behavioral states) include flattened affect, alogia, avolition, anhedonia, & associality, low energy, lack of emotion  
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Neurotransmitters   chemical transmitters, such as dopamine & glutamate, secreted by neurons that bind receptors on nearby cells  
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Paranoia   persecutory delusions;  
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Persecutory (paranoid) delusions   the most common of all delusions; one believes himself to be victimized, ridiculed, or place under surveillance by known/unknown persons; paranoia is a type of persecutory delusions  
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Referential delusions (delusions of reference)   fairly common; one believes that common cues from the environment hold special meaning or message for them; ex. Person thinks a newspaper story is specifically targeted to the individual  
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Somatic delusions   marked by beliefs that involve the person’s body; ex. Person believes that they are pregnant despite evidence to the contrary  
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Religious delusions   person may believe that they are Jesus or acting out direct orders from God  
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Grandiose delusions   examples include believing that one is all-powerful or important; acting on secret orders from the president of the US; believing that they are a genius, etc.  
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Phenotype   observable physical characteristics  
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Positive symptoms   delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, & disorders of movement; delusions are the most common type of _____ observed in people with schizophrenia; could be continuous or intermittently, but rarely abate completely  
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Premorbid functioning   the period from birth to the prodromal phase  
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Prodromal phase   phase can range from weeks or months to years before full onset of symptoms  
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Psychosis   the presence of delusions or hallucinations w/out insight; inability to distinguish fantasy from reality  
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Relapse   return of symptoms  
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Tangential thinking   rapid shifting from one thought to a closely related thought  
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Tardive dyskinesia   motor abnormalities such as writhing movements caused by antipsychotics meds (by blocking dopamine receptors)  
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disorganized speech   (frequent derailment or incoherence) "word salads"; ongoing disjointed or rambling monologues in which a person seems to be talking to himself or imagined people or voices  
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