Exam 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Some patients with schizophrenia are helped to function better in the community via independent living skills programs that teach them all of the following

A technique that uses wire coils to repeatedly generate magnetic fields that pass through the skull to the brain is called

Social skills training programs for patients with schizophrenia have been

A research study involving adults with schizophrenia looked at their facial expressions in home movies taken when they were children.The researchers were trying to determine if the development of schizophrenia could be predicted by facial expressions showing limited emotional reactions.This research study focused on the negative symptom called

Patients with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic medications sometimes develop severe side effects such as akinesia,a Parkinsonian symptom that includes all of the following

Compare some major ways that schizophrenia can present (paranoid,catatonic,disorganized,undifferentiated,residual)in terms of symptoms,treatment,and prognosis.

Endophenotyping refers to looking for

Which of the following defines the jealous type of delusional disorder?

Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

Which of the following is an environmental influence that seems to contribute to the development of schizophrenia?

An ongoing research study in Finland is focusing on children of mothers with schizophrenia who were adopted into other families.To date,researchers have determined that ____ percent of these children have developed schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.

Which of the following defines Cotard syndrome?

Discuss the issue of patient compliance with antipsychotic drug regimens.Describe the problems caused by noncompliance and how this situation has been addressed in treatment settings.

Schizophrenia is associated with "negative symptoms" that include all of the following

In the 1950s,several drugs provided the first hope that schizophrenia is treatable.They were called

In the late 1800s,the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin made all of the following contributions to our knowledge of schizophrenia

Which of the following defines the erotomanic type of delusional disorder?

In working with schizophrenic patients,mental health professionals typically distinguish between ________ symptoms (an excess or distortion of normal behavior)and ________ symptoms (deficits in normal behavior).

One of the ways of improving patient compliance with regard to taking antipsychotic medication involves the use of

Results of research showing that auditory hallucinations are localized in the expressive speech area of the brain suggest that