Exam 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

The neuroleptic drugs,which were introduced in the 1950s,primarily treat the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.Which of the following is NOT a positive symptom?

Which of the following treatments was first used in the 1930s to treat schizophrenia but is now used primarily to treat severe depression?

Which of the following is an example of a persecutory delusion?

Which of the following would be considered a delusion?

What do cross-cultural studies of schizophrenia suggest?

Tardive dyskinesia,a severe side effect of antipsychotic medications,includes a number of involuntary movements.Which of the following is NOT one of these movements?

Who renamed "dementia praecox" as "schizophrenia"?

How are schizophrenia and delusional disorder different?

Consider the following statement: "The time is 9:30.Ten is my favourite number.I also like to listen to music and paint pictures." What kind of disorganized speech does the statement illustrate?

In the 1970s,researchers set up a treatment system called a "token economy" in a mental health centre.What is the focus of this type of treatment for patients with schizophrenia?

If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia,we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?

Hailey takes antipsychotic medications and has developed akinesia.Hailey exhibits which of the following?

Toward the end of the 19th century,the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin used a term to refer to an onset of symptoms that often occurs before adulthood,and what we now call schizophrenia.What was that term?

Using brain-imaging techniques,Staal and colleagues (2000)found that both people with schizophrenia and their otherwise-unaffected siblings had enlargement of the third ventricle as compared with healthy volunteers.What does this finding suggest?

James is experiencing alogia.What would someone spending time with James notice about him?

How is the genetic basis of schizophrenia best understood?

Sanjev has had schizophrenia since he was 21 years old,and now he is 71 years old.How have his symptoms of schizophrenia MOST likely changed as his age has advanced?

An experimental technique called "transcranial magnetic stimulation" has been used in some patients with schizophrenia.What is the purpose of this treatment?

Which of the following statements reflects "circumstantial evidence" for the dopamine theory of schizophrenia?

What is a "token economy"?