Exam 13: Schizophrenia

______ is a debilitating psychotic disorder in which individuals may hear voices; see images not seen by others; believe that others wish to harm or control them; and have bizarre thoughts.

A hospital patient was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia because she was having both delusions and hallucinations. What type of symptoms are these?

Which alternative correctly arranges schizophrenia-spectrum disorders with respect to symptom duration, from the briefest to the longest?

People with schizophrenia MOST often report hallucinations in the ______ sense.

Approximately ______% of those experiencing the first episode of a major mental illness return home to live with their families.

The text states that the environmental factors associated with schizophrenia affect the development of the social brain. These influences are MOST likely to occur during ______.

Complete the following table to produce a side-by-side comparison of first-generation and second-generation antipsychotic medications.

Beliefs without support for their occurrence and which are at odds with the individual's current environment are referred to as delusions.

In recent editions of the DSM, the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia have diverged from the criteria included in the ICD.

Terrance has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is experiencing his first psychotic episode. The type of treatment MOST appropriate at Terrance's stage of the disorder is ______.

All else being equal, which individual is MOST likely to experience the onset of schizophrenia in the coming year?

With respect to emotional processing, people with schizophrenia seem to have the MOST trouble ______.

People with schizophrenia have great difficulty describing their emotional experience.

Sal is being treated by a psychiatrist. He has decreased levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in his frontal lobes. Sal has MOST likely been diagnosed with ______.

Delusions of ______ are false beliefs held by a person who is convinced that others are trying to hurt them in some way.

Curt's performance on the WCST indicates that he has difficulty adjusting his strategies when task demands change. Curt's example BEST illustrates a ______ endotype associated with schizophrenia.

Individuals with schizophrenia are more likely to abuse substances than are individuals without schizophrenia. A psychopathologist is MOST likely to say that schizophrenia and substance use disorder are ______ because they often occur together.

Gigi, who has schizophrenia, believes that she was sent by God to one day rule the world. Her belief is an example of a(n) ______.

The substance between the brain's neurons is called ______.

An individual will show psychotic symptoms if the glutamate receptors in their brain are blocked.