Exam 10: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Type I schizophrenia seems to involve a breakdown in the regulation or supply of ________ in the brain.

Angela is hospitalized after a suicide attempt.In the hospital,she spends all of her time drawing sketches of fantastic goblins and monsters whom she calls "hellsmen." She claims that these "hellsmen" talk to her and,in fact,ordered her to make her suicide attempt.Often,she seems to be talking to invisible persons in the room and following orders from some unseen source.Her disorder is most likely ________.

As Ivan watches the evening news,he becomes convinced that the news reporters are broadcasting coded information about him to his friends,neighbours,and enemies.Ivan's beliefs represent delusions of ________.

Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of the behavioural view of schizophrenia?

Men with schizophrenia differ from women with the disorder in each of the following ways EXCEPT ________.

Concerning the cause of schizophrenia,there may be a chromosomal abnormality associated with chromosome 22.

Flat affect and poverty of speech are contained in the ________ dimension of grouping schizophrenic symptoms.

Emil Kraepelin developed the concept of the "four As" of schizophrenia.

The phase of schizophrenia marked by a slow,steady deterioration and gradual decline in function before clear-cut psychotic behaviours emerge is called the ________ phase.

Auditory hallucinations appear to be a form of ________ speech attributed to ________ sources.

According to Schneider,second-rank symptoms of schizophrenia represent ________.

One possible explanation for hallucinations is that defects in deeper brain structures may lead the brain to create its own reality,which goes unchecked because of a failure in the _______ of the cerebral cortex to perform a reality check.

According to Schneider,hallucinations and delusions are ________ symptoms of schizophrenia.

Which of the following types of hallucinations is the LEAST common?

People with schizophrenia whose families are high in EE (expressed emotion)tend to show poorer adjustment.

People with major __________ sometimes experience hallucinations.

It appears that ________ of dopamine is associated with ________ in schizophrenia.

Which of the following is NOT true of people with schizophrenia?

Which of the following is an antipsychotic drug but NOT a phenothiazine?

Recently,there has been an identified viral agent linked to the cause of schizophrenia.