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.
A) Paranoid Schizophrenia
B) Manic Schizophrenia
C) Disorganised Schizophrenia
D) Catatonic Schizophrenia
A) Disorganised speech
B) Auditory hallucination
C) Stereotyped movement
D) Anxiety
A) Decreased volume of frontal lobe
B) Decreased blood flow to frontal lobe
C) Decreased volume of globus pallidus
D) Decreased blood flow to frontal lobe
A) Chlorpromazine
B) Clozapine
C) Levomepromazine
D) Haloperidol
A) D1
B) D2
C) D3
D) D4
A) PCP
B) Angeldust
C) LSD
D) Amphetamine
A) Dopamine & Glutamate
B) Glutamate & 5-HT
C) Dopamine and GABA
D) 5-HT and Glycine
A) Antipsychotic malignant syndrome
B) Involuntary movements
C) Lactation
D) Euphoria
A) Psychotic episodes cannot be interrupted by undertaking antipsychotic treatment
B) New pathways from the hippocampus to the cerebellum are formed to override the malfunctioning pathways
C) Changes in gene expression and dopamine receptor density need to occur
D) Antipsychotics take 3 weeks to build up to a high enough concentration to successfully occupy NMDA receptors
A) Agranulocytosis
B) Dry mouth
C) Acute dystonia
D) Weight gain