Schizophrenia is characterizes by delusions, hallucinations and reflect an impaired ability to function. The disease affects about 23 million people worldwide. Most people believe that people get to be at risk of developing the illness when they are about 45 years old but this is not the case. How much do you know about adult schizophrenia from covering chapter one? Take up the test below and get to find out.
Disturbance in thought and Hallucinations
Hallucinations and Delusions
Disturbance in thought and Mood
Delusions and Disturbance in Perceptions
Disturbance in Relations shiprs with others and Hallucintations
Chlorpromazine
Tylonel
Hypoderminazine
Reserpine
Asphazine
Drugs that diminsh the use of mesolimbic dopamine neurons and remits it in a later stage of the illness
Drugs that diminish the firing rates of mesolimbic dopamine D2 neurons
Drugs that stimulate dopamine D2 neurons
Drugs that lower the thought process of any certain individual
Drugs that stimulate and release D2 dopamine neurons into activation
17%
20%
38%
10%
7%
Yes
No
Yes
No
Elderly
Adults
Children
Young
Elderly
Adults
Children
Youth
1-3 years
5-8 years
5-10 years
1-5 years
Decades of relative stability
A deterioration in the Illness
A remit to the symptoms
Return to baseline
The condition does not change
Medical and psychiatric history of the family
Details about pregnancy and early childhood
The onset of the scizophrenia or beggining of it
History of medications and substance abuse
History of travel
5-8 weeks
3-5 years
3-7 months
1-12 months
1-2 years
Late teenage years and Mid 30's
Early teenage years and late teenage years
Early teenage years and Mid 30's
Mid 30's to Late 40's
Late teenage years to late 40's
tremendous inertia.
Hallucinations, which are usually auditory; delusions; and disorganized speech and behavior.
Ecrease in emotional range, poverty of speech, loss of interests, and loss of drive.
Delusions, any sort of alcohol or druge related psychosis, and loss of interests.
Hallucinations, delusions, almost always disorganized and cannot comprehend another's speech.
Positive symptoms
Mood symptoms
Negative symptoms
Cognative symptoms
Positive symptoms
Mood symptoms
Negative symptoms
Cognative symptoms
Positive
Mood
Negative
Cognative
Positive Symptoms
Mood Symptoms
Negative Symptoms
Cognative Symptoms
The person may be dressed oddly, the person may pay insufficient attention to personal hygiene.
The person may be dressed correctly, the person may pay insufficient attention to personal hygiene.
The person may be dressed oddly, the person may pay attention to personal hygiene.
The person may wear little or no clothes in fear, the person may pay insufficient attention to personal hygiene.
The person may be dressed oddly, the person my be a germaphobic and overly neat.
Person may try to hide a variety of odd beliefs or delusions.
The person may endorse a variety of odd beliefs or delusions.
The person may be angered by the examiner or be socially akward.
This person may be unduly suspicious of the examiner or be very socially awkward.
The person may be socially awkward and may reveal personal secrets.
He or she often has a flat affect, meaning that they have little range of expressed emotion.
He or she often has a very emotinal outpour, meaning they reveal many emotions.
The person may admit to hallucinations or respond to aduitory or visual stimuli apparant to only the examiner
The person may admit to hallucinations or respond to auditory or visual stimuli not apparent to the examiner.
The person may try to blame the examiner for what is happening in his or her life.