NURS 665 Exam 1 with answers
Brain region where positive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔mesolimbic
Brain region where negative symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔mesocortical/nucleus acumen's
Brain region where affective symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Brain region where aggressive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔orbitofrontal cortex/amygdala
Brain region where cognitive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal
limbic system - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔frontal lobe, hippocampus,
parahippocampus
Hallucinations result due to - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔overreaction in temporal
lobe
what neurotransmitter is affected in schizophrenia - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔too
much dopamine; excessive dopamine release in patients with schizophrenia has been linked
to the severity of positive psychotic symptoms.
, Capgras syndrome - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔The delusional belief that an
acquaintance has been replaced by an identical-looking imposter. It is more commonly seen
in schizophrenia, dementia, and brain trauma.
Erotomania - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Delusional belief, more common in
women than men, that someone is deeply in love with them, generally a person of hight
status (delusions of love)
delusions of grandeur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔A false belief that one is a
famous person or a powerful or important person who has some great knowledge, ability, or
authority. Ex. person thinks he or she is the president or Jesus Christ
delusions of reference - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Delusions of reference: belief
that common elements in the environment are directed toward the individual
Persecutory type - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔delusions of persecution involve belief
that you are being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned, maligned, or
harassed
somatic delusions - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔preoccupations regarding health and
organ function
Diagnostic criteria for Schizoaffective disorder - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Concurrent mood episode & active-phase symptoms of schizophrenia + >2 week
lifetime history of delusions/hallucinations w/o mood disorder
unlike MDD, diminished interest or pleasure is NOT a qualifying criteria
diagnostic criteria for schizophreniform - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔symptoms of
schizophrenia are present for more than a month but <6 months. 2/3 will progress into
schizophrenia
Brain region where positive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔mesolimbic
Brain region where negative symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔mesocortical/nucleus acumen's
Brain region where affective symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Brain region where aggressive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔orbitofrontal cortex/amygdala
Brain region where cognitive symptoms occur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal
limbic system - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔frontal lobe, hippocampus,
parahippocampus
Hallucinations result due to - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔overreaction in temporal
lobe
what neurotransmitter is affected in schizophrenia - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔too
much dopamine; excessive dopamine release in patients with schizophrenia has been linked
to the severity of positive psychotic symptoms.
, Capgras syndrome - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔The delusional belief that an
acquaintance has been replaced by an identical-looking imposter. It is more commonly seen
in schizophrenia, dementia, and brain trauma.
Erotomania - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Delusional belief, more common in
women than men, that someone is deeply in love with them, generally a person of hight
status (delusions of love)
delusions of grandeur - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔A false belief that one is a
famous person or a powerful or important person who has some great knowledge, ability, or
authority. Ex. person thinks he or she is the president or Jesus Christ
delusions of reference - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Delusions of reference: belief
that common elements in the environment are directed toward the individual
Persecutory type - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔delusions of persecution involve belief
that you are being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned, maligned, or
harassed
somatic delusions - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔preoccupations regarding health and
organ function
Diagnostic criteria for Schizoaffective disorder - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Concurrent mood episode & active-phase symptoms of schizophrenia + >2 week
lifetime history of delusions/hallucinations w/o mood disorder
unlike MDD, diminished interest or pleasure is NOT a qualifying criteria
diagnostic criteria for schizophreniform - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔symptoms of
schizophrenia are present for more than a month but <6 months. 2/3 will progress into
schizophrenia
