Exam 13: Schizophrenia

______-generation antipsychotic medications are sometimes called atypical antipsychotics. One example is ______.

When they perform cognitive tasks, individuals with schizophrenia fail to ______ the brain's ______ network.

The widespread deinstitutionalization of patients with schizophrenia was fully underway by the decade of the ______.

Early intervention is MOST appropriate in the ______ phase of schizophrenia.

Most people who experience the first episode of a major mental illness return to live with their families.

Nora is an extremely gifted, award-winning writer. She has a reputation for eccentricity, making odd associations in her speech during interviews and occasionally claiming that she sees things that others do not. Although Nora has never been diagnosed with a mental disorder, she seems to have several ______ traits.

Schizophrenia is associated with ______ connections in the brain and ______ gray matter thickness.

Some researchers believe that ______ schizophrenia should be considered a separate disorder because it responds only to a(n) ______ medication rather than to an antipsychotic.

Environmental risk factors for the development of schizophrenia do NOT include ______

Distinguish between the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Provide two brief (1-2 sentence) vignettes, each describing a hypothetical person with schizophrenia who displays one positive and one negative symptom of schizophrenia. Choose different positive and negative symptoms for each vignette.

Jorge and Julio are identical twins. Jorge has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Research cited in the text suggests that Julio's risk of developing schizophrenia may be as high as ______% percent.

Shereen is diagnosed with schizophrenia. She believes that she is a powerful person who can save the world. Shreen's belief exemplifies a delusion of ______.

Only gray matter changes have been found in people with schizophrenia.

As compared to the likelihood that an individual without schizophrenia will die, the probability that an individual with schizophrenia will die in any given year is ______

False sensory perceptions that often take the form of hearing voices are called ______.

Creativity has been linked to a(n) ______ in the density of dopamine receptors in the brain's ______.

Which of Bleuler's 4 "A's" is BEST reflected in the social withdrawal of schizophrenia?

The early-intervention treatment program is aimed at the ______ stage of schizophrenia's course.

In the multilevel diagnostic process for schizophrenia, the first level is that of ______, whereas the final level is that of ______.

A psychology instructor tells his or her class that schizophenia may be a byproduct of the development of the brain's ability to process language. This statement is MOST consistent with a(n) ______ theory of schizophrenia suggested by ______.