EXAM 5 - CHAPTER 24 SCHIZOPHRENIA
AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS-
QUESTIONS WITH VETIFIED ANSWERS
Fixed, False Beliefs that are irrational and that the individual maintains are true despite
evidence to the contrary - ANSWER-Delusions
Sensory Perceptions without external Stimuli - ANSWER-Hallucinations
Types of Hallucinations that positively indicate Schizophrenia - ANSWER-Auditory (most
common)
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
(may be a normal part of religious experience in some cultural contexts)
Common Disorganized Thoughts manifested in speech - ANSWER-Loose association
Tangentiality
Circumstantiality
Incoherence (includes word salad)
Neologisms
Clang associations
Echolalia
Types of grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia) -
ANSWER-Hyperactivity
Hypervigilance
Hostility
Agitation
Childlike silliness
,Catatonia (ranging from rigid or bizarre posture and decrease responisticvity to complete
lack of verbal or behavioral response to the environment )
Catatonic excitement (excessive and purposeless motor activity)
Stereotyped, repetitive movements
Unusual mannerisms or postures
Negative Symptoms for Schizophrenia - ANSWER-Deficits in several areas of cognitive
function, including dysfunction in working memory, attention, processing speed,
reasoning, planning, abstract thinking and problem solving, may manifest as the following
negative symptoms
Lack of emotional expression
Decrease or lack of motivation to complete purposeful activities (Avolition)
Decreased Verbal communication ( Alogia )
Decreased interest in social interaction and relationship (asociality)
Diminished ability for abstract thinking (concrete thinking)
Lack of Emotional Expression that are negative symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER-
Blunted affect
lack of movement in hear and hands that add expression in communication
Lack of intonation in speech
Neglect of activities of daily living
Decreased or lack of motivation to complete purposeful activities - ANSWER-Avolition
decreased verbal communication - ANSWER-alogia
Decreased interest in social interaction and relationship - ANSWER-asociality
Diminished ability for abstract thinking - ANSWER-concrete thinking
Common Antipsychotic Medications - ANSWER-First generation typical antipsychotics
1. Phenothiazines
2. Haloperidol
3. Chlorpromazine
4. Fluphenazine
5. Loxapine
6. Perphenazine
7.Pimozide
8. Prochlorperazine
, 9. Thioridazine
10. Thioixene
11. Trifluoperazine
Second generation (atypical) antipsychotics
1. Clozapine
2. Olanzapine
3. Quetiapine
4. Aripiprazole
5. Risperidone
6. Iloperidone
7. Ziprasidone
8. Paliperidone
9. Asenapine
10. Lurasidone
Action of first generation (typical) antipsychotics - ANSWER-provide relief of psychosis,
improvement in positive symptoms, worsening of negative symptoms
Action of second generation (atypical) antipsychotics - ANSWER-Provide relief of
psychosis, improvement in positive symptoms, improvement in negative symptoms
Common Side effects of antipsychotics - ANSWER-Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)
Hyperprolactinemia
Neuroleptic Malignant syndrome
Anticholinergic effects
Tachycardia
Tremors
Insomnia
Postural hypotension
Weight gain
Sedation
Low potential for ejaculatory difficulty
Sexual dysfunction
Gastrointestinal disturbance
Headache
AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS-
QUESTIONS WITH VETIFIED ANSWERS
Fixed, False Beliefs that are irrational and that the individual maintains are true despite
evidence to the contrary - ANSWER-Delusions
Sensory Perceptions without external Stimuli - ANSWER-Hallucinations
Types of Hallucinations that positively indicate Schizophrenia - ANSWER-Auditory (most
common)
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
(may be a normal part of religious experience in some cultural contexts)
Common Disorganized Thoughts manifested in speech - ANSWER-Loose association
Tangentiality
Circumstantiality
Incoherence (includes word salad)
Neologisms
Clang associations
Echolalia
Types of grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia) -
ANSWER-Hyperactivity
Hypervigilance
Hostility
Agitation
Childlike silliness
,Catatonia (ranging from rigid or bizarre posture and decrease responisticvity to complete
lack of verbal or behavioral response to the environment )
Catatonic excitement (excessive and purposeless motor activity)
Stereotyped, repetitive movements
Unusual mannerisms or postures
Negative Symptoms for Schizophrenia - ANSWER-Deficits in several areas of cognitive
function, including dysfunction in working memory, attention, processing speed,
reasoning, planning, abstract thinking and problem solving, may manifest as the following
negative symptoms
Lack of emotional expression
Decrease or lack of motivation to complete purposeful activities (Avolition)
Decreased Verbal communication ( Alogia )
Decreased interest in social interaction and relationship (asociality)
Diminished ability for abstract thinking (concrete thinking)
Lack of Emotional Expression that are negative symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER-
Blunted affect
lack of movement in hear and hands that add expression in communication
Lack of intonation in speech
Neglect of activities of daily living
Decreased or lack of motivation to complete purposeful activities - ANSWER-Avolition
decreased verbal communication - ANSWER-alogia
Decreased interest in social interaction and relationship - ANSWER-asociality
Diminished ability for abstract thinking - ANSWER-concrete thinking
Common Antipsychotic Medications - ANSWER-First generation typical antipsychotics
1. Phenothiazines
2. Haloperidol
3. Chlorpromazine
4. Fluphenazine
5. Loxapine
6. Perphenazine
7.Pimozide
8. Prochlorperazine
, 9. Thioridazine
10. Thioixene
11. Trifluoperazine
Second generation (atypical) antipsychotics
1. Clozapine
2. Olanzapine
3. Quetiapine
4. Aripiprazole
5. Risperidone
6. Iloperidone
7. Ziprasidone
8. Paliperidone
9. Asenapine
10. Lurasidone
Action of first generation (typical) antipsychotics - ANSWER-provide relief of psychosis,
improvement in positive symptoms, worsening of negative symptoms
Action of second generation (atypical) antipsychotics - ANSWER-Provide relief of
psychosis, improvement in positive symptoms, improvement in negative symptoms
Common Side effects of antipsychotics - ANSWER-Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)
Hyperprolactinemia
Neuroleptic Malignant syndrome
Anticholinergic effects
Tachycardia
Tremors
Insomnia
Postural hypotension
Weight gain
Sedation
Low potential for ejaculatory difficulty
Sexual dysfunction
Gastrointestinal disturbance
Headache
