Schizophrenia Quiz!
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by unorthodox social behaviour and a failure to distinguish between what is real and what is not. What do you know about this unfortunate condition? Let’s take a look.
- 1.1. Which type of schizophrenia has the highest rate of rehabilitation?
- A.
A) Paranoid Schizophrenia
- B.
B) Manic Schizophrenia
- C.
C) Disorganised Schizophrenia
- D.
D) Catatonic Schizophrenia
- 2.2. Which of these is not a positive symptom of Schizophrenia
- A.
A) Disorganised speech
- B.
B) Auditory hallucination
- C.
C) Stereotyped movement
- D.
D) Anxiety
- 3.3. Which of these is not an anatomical abnormality linked with schizophrenia?
- A.
A) Decreased volume of frontal lobe
- B.
B) Decreased blood flow to frontal lobe
- C.
C) Decreased volume of globus pallidus
- D.
D) Decreased blood flow to frontal lobe
- 4.4. Thorazine is the brand name for which drug?
- A.
A) Chlorpromazine
- B.
B) Clozapine
- C.
C) Levomepromazine
- D.
D) Haloperidol
- 5.5. Typical antipsychotics act predominantly on which class of dopamine receptors?
- A.
A) D1
- B.
B) D2
- C.
C) D3
- D.
D) D4
- 6.6. The Dopamine Hypothesis is linked to the actions of which drug?
- A.
A) PCP
- B.
B) Angeldust
- C.
C) LSD
- D.
D) Amphetamine
- 7.7. Which two neurotransmitters work together to "gate" the sensory input to the thalamus?
- A.
A) Dopamine & Glutamate
- B.
B) Glutamate & 5-HT
- C.
C) Dopamine and GABA
- D.
D) 5-HT and Glycine
- 8.8. Which of these is not a side effect of typical antipsychotic drugs?
- A.
A) Antipsychotic malignant syndrome
- B.
B) Involuntary movements
- C.
C) Lactation
- D.
D) Euphoria
- 9.9. Why do antipsychotic drugs often take approximately 3 weeks for effects targeted towards schizophrenic symptoms to occur?
- A.
A) Psychotic episodes cannot be interrupted by undertaking antipsychotic treatment
- B.
B) New pathways from the hippocampus to the cerebellum are formed to override the malfunctioning pathways
- C.
C) Changes in gene expression and dopamine receptor density need to occur
- D.
D) Antipsychotics take 3 weeks to build up to a high enough concentration to successfully occupy NMDA receptors
- 10.10. Which of these side effects is Clozapine not associated with?
- A.
A) Agranulocytosis
- B.
B) Dry mouth
- C.
C) Acute dystonia
- D.
D) Weight gain
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