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NURS 126 Unit 5

What does schizophrenia affect? - answer- thinking
- language
- emotion
- social behavior
- ability to perceive reality accurately.

who does schizophrenia target? - answer young people in their teens and early 20s
(genetic with environmental influences)

psychosis - answerrefers to a total inability to recognize reality

Prodromal phase of schizophrenia - answerprepsychotic phase

Phase 1 of schizophrenia - answeracute: positive (halluicnations)/negative (lack of
motivation) symptoms

Phase 2 of Schizophrenia - answerstabilization; decrease in

Phase 3: Schizophrenia - answermaintenance; remission in

cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia - answer- impairment memory
- inability to reason
- inability to focus attention
- poor decision making

Mood symptoms of schizophrenia - answer- suicidal
- hopelessness
- anxiety
- depression

Four main symptom groups of schizophrenia - answerPositive
Negative
Cognitive
Mood

concrete thinking - answeroveremphasis on specific details and impairment in the ability
to use abstract concepts

impaired reality thinking - answerabsence of ability to correct errors in thinking

Delusions - answerfalse fixed beliefs not corrected by reasoning

, thought blocking - answerstopping abruptly in the middle of a sentence

thought broadcasting - answerothers can hear their thoughts

thought insertion - answerothers placing thoughts in clients head

thought withdrawal - answerothers take away thoughts

tangential thinking - answerveers onto unrelated topics

alogia - answerpoverty of speech

associative looseness - answerthinking is haphazard, illogical, and confused

neologism - answermade up words that mean something to the patient

echolalia - answerrepeating another's words

echopraxia - answermimicking the movements of another

clang associations - answermeaningless rhyming of words

positive schizophrenia symptoms - answer- hallucinations
- delusions
- paranoia

negative schizophrenia symptoms - answer- apathy, loss of motivation
- poor thought process
- anhedonia

Aripiprazole (Abilify) - answer(atypical 2nd gen antipsychotics)
little weight gain, dyslipidemia, or altered glucose

Clozapine (Clozaril) - answer(atypical 2nd gen antipsychotics)
Agranulocytosis, high seizure rate

Olanzapine (Zyprexa) - answer(atypical 2nd gen antipsychotics)
weight gain, high lipids, risk DM

Paliperidone (Invega) - answer(atypical 2nd gen antipsychotics)
weight gain, lipid abnormalities, risk for diabetes

Quetiapine (Seroquel) - answer(atypical 2nd gen antipsychotics)
weight gain, lipid abnormalities, risk for diabetes

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