Schizo Notebook Notes

schizophrenia is considered a ______ disorder , it is a ______ of thought

top three living places for people with schizophrenia

symptoms of schizophrenia

speech is not understandable but can sound like english

-new words
-sound like mother tongue, but not real words
-pop up randomly in speech

-connection between ideas
-talking about one thing, and flip to another because it has a similar theme

-repeating of same word or phrase 
-like a loop that cant stop

-not capable of continuing speech

thought disorders cause symptoms, the main point is that schizophrenic's thinking is ____

-active (acute)
-non active (chronic)

when there is an increase in psychotic symptoms, this phase is considered

-activities of daily living are impaired
-decrease in psychotic symptoms
-period of time where one is "better"

-delusions
-hallucinations
-motor behavior

-thought control
-grandeur
-somatic

-thought insertion
-thought broadcasting, or other know what one is thinking
-thought withdrawl (thought are believed to have been drawn from the mind)

delusions are very _____ to experience

another essence of schizo is how patients _____ happening to ______

believing one has special powers and abilities

delusions in the body, normally occurring bodily symptoms are misinterpreted

a psychotic symptom of schizo
-audible thoughts 
-almost always negative arguing about person
-comments are about person
-heard like they are outside of the body

-disorganization or catatonic immobility

-restriction of: affect, verbal production, and purposeful behavior

the ___ and ____ lobes are affected most by schizo

-positive symptoms
-good premorbid adjustment
-good response to psychotic drugs
-fair outcome of disorder
-abnormal neurotransmitter activity

-negative symptoms
-poor premorbid adjustment
-bad response to psychotic drugs
-poor outcome of disorder
-abnormal brain structures

-paranoid
-disorganized
-catatonic

-positive symptoms
-paranoid
-high functioning

-positive symptoms
-relatively poor functioning

-negative symptoms
-off posturing

Etiology: Biological
-they are not completely genetic
-neurotransmitter imbalances

Etiology: Biological
-____ overload theory is more likely in which type?
-______ imbalances are reduced by conventional antipsychs

Etiology: Biological
-dopamine + serotonin overload occurs more often in what type?

Etiology: Biological
-there is a ___ link 
-more likely to be causal

Etiology: Sociocultural
- _____ dysfunction 
-_____ communication
- _____ ses
- one becomes less fxnional and then they make ____ income

Etiology: Cognitive
-could be ___ in terms of depression
-abnormal ____ development + ____ to strange symptoms