Exam 11: Schizophrenia

James is struggling with schizophrenia. He also finds it difficult to experience pleasure from activities that he enjoyed before his symptoms began. This is an example of

In the first study of its kind, Canadian researcher Woogh (2001) did a case registry analysis of patients with schizophrenia and found that in-patient prevalence rates _________ while outpatient rates _________ between 1986 and 1996.

A Canadian survey of 100 patients with schizophrenia that was conducted by the Schizophrenia Society of Canada found that the most common reason patients stopped taking their antipsychotic medication was:

Kraepelin's subtypes of schizophrenia

What is the current view regarding drugs in treating schizophrenia?

The woman who was obsessed with former Blue Jay Roberto Alomar and who was arrested in the Sky Dome in Toronto was deemed to suffer from:

Schizophrenics with impaired social relationships have a characteristic known as:

A particular ethnic group experiences high levels of racial prejudice and discrimination. The social-selection theory would predict which of the pattern of schizophrenia in this group?

The lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is:

If genetic transmission was the only factor in the etiology of schizophrenia, the concordance of the disorder for monozygotic twins would be:

Why might the prevalence of schizophrenia be higher in Canada than the rest of the world?

For what reason do patients with schizophrenia typically stop taking medication when they are discharged from the hospital?

Hospitalization rates for schizophrenia in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are about:

Mr. Cook grew up in severely impoverished circumstances. His mother was unmarried and homeless, and Mr. Cook and his six siblings lived on the streets or in shelters for most of their childhood. They had little formal education or opportunity to make progress in the world. After 17 years of this life, Mr. Cook had his first psychotic episode while digging through a trash can looking for food for his mother; he heard voices telling him to take off his clothes and eat them. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Cook was picked up by police, taken to a psychiatric hospital, and diagnosed as schizophrenic. Mr. Cook's story fits the _______________ theory of social class and schizophrenia.

How has the diagnosis of schizophrenia changed over the years, from Kraepelin to the current DSM-5?

Neuroleptic drugs such as chlorpromazine and thorazine:

As a result of limitations in the DSM subtypes of schizophrenia,

The concordance rate of schizophrenia for fraternal twins is about:

There is strong genetic evidence for schizophrenia, however even monozygotic twins do not have 100% concordance rates. Why not?

Which is required as part of the DSM-IV definition of schizophrenia?