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| Definition of schizophrenia |
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| severe, chronic psychotic illness which results in decline in long term psychosocial and occupational functioning |
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| Characteristics symptoms of schizo |
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hallucinations- perception w/o ext. stimuli delusions- firmly held erroneous beliefs incongruent with culture disorganization grossly disorganized behavior/catatonic behavior "negative symptoms"
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| Examples of negative symptoms |
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affective flattening diminish emotional expressiveness apathy anergia asociality attentional impairment avolition- inability to initiate and persist in goal directed activities alogia- poverty of speech and its content
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Define milder symptoms of schizo |
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similar to active symptoms, but less intense |
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| What would exclude somebody from being schizo? |
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prominent affective states contributory substance, medication, or medical condition autism/PDD (developmental disorder)
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prodromal (subtle changes) active (psychotic symptoms develop) interepisode (new baseline of functioning) residual (attenuated positive symptoms, impact of negative symptoms, re-emergence of active phase symptoms)
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| epidemiology of schizophrenia |
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usually mean age of 21 for me and 27 for women seen in winter births, first degree relatives of schizophrenics gestational/delivery complications afflicts slightly more men than women
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| neuropathology of schizophrenia |
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increase ventricular size decrease brain volume abnormal migration of neurons loss of normal cortical asymmetry (you should have larger left side, but schizo has more symmetrical brain) increase glutamate (ex: PCP bind NMDA R)
OVERACTIVITY OF DOPAMINE (drugs that antagonize dopamine) |
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| Treatment of schizophrenia |
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evaluate for patient safety antipsychotic medication no specific treatment for negative symptoms adjunctive medications (ex: for agitation, moods, impulsivity) NMDA receptor modulators in near future
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| psychosocial interventions in schizophrenia |
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| Different types of "schizos" |
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acute psychotic (symptoms less than month) schizophreniform (symptoms (1-6 mnths) schizophrenia (symptoms more than 6 mnths)
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Symptoms of schizoid personality disorder |
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Symptoms of schizotypal personality |
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odd, eccentric mannerisms, appearance odd beliefs or magical thinking
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