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PSYC 245 FINAL EXAM
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/19/2018

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Term
What are positive symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Definition
Active or excess of normal thought, emotion, behavior
Hallucinations: experience sensory events without environmental input; can involve all senses
Delusions: obvious misrepresentations of
reality
l Types: grandiose, persecutory, reference
erotomanic, thought broadcasting
Term
What are negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Definition
Absence or insufficiency of normal thought, emotion, behavior
Avolition: apathy, lack of initiation and persistence
Alogia: relative absence of speech
Anhedonia: lack of pleasure, indifference
Asociality: minimal interest in socializing
Restricted Affect: little expressed emotion
Term
What are disorganized symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Definition
Thought and speech disturbance
Tangentiality: going off on a tangent
Loose associations or Cognitive
Slippage: conversation in unrelated
directions or illogical & incoherent
speech “word salad”
Neologisms
Echolalia
Behavior and motor disturbance
Inappropriate emotional affect
Silliness
Unpredictable agitation
Echopraxia
Catatonia
Term
Loose associations
Definition
or Cognitive Slippage: conversation in unrelated directions or illogical & incoherent speech “word salad”
Term
Alogia
Definition
relative absence of speech
Term
Avolition
Definition
apathy, lack of initiation and persistence
Term
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Definition
1+ of the following for 1-29 days only:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech
Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
Some impairment
Sudden onset, good prognosis, return to
premorbid functioning
Term
Schizophreniform
Definition
2+ of the following 30+ days but <6 months:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech
Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
Negative symptoms
Some impairment
Good prognosis, 30% no more episodes
Term
Schizophrenia
Definition
2+ of the following for a 1+ month period:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech
Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
Negative symptoms v Social/occupational/academic impairment v Continuous sx for 6+ months
Term
Schizoaffective disorder
Definition
Schizophrenia and a mood disorder
Delusions or hallucinations for 2+ weeks
Both disorders can be seen independent of one another but overlap
Prognosis is similar for people with schizophrenia
Do not tend to get better on their own
Term
Grandiose
Definition
Believe they are grander (God)
Term
Persecutory
Definition
paranoid, being persecuted or people are after them
Term
Reference
Definition
something is there but twist the meaning of it (see signs)
Term
Thought Broadcasting
Definition
believe their thoughts are being broadcasted to the rest of us
Term
Erotomanic
Definition
someone (usually famous) is in love with them
Term
Treatment of Schizophrenia
Definition
Medication
Inpatient/Outpatient Cog-Beh Therapy
Vocational Rehabilitation
Term
Most common type of hallucination with schizophrenia
Definition
auditory
Term
agnosia
Definition
inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Term
Tardive dyskinesia
Definition
a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements of the face and jaw.
Term
the rights of psychiatric patients
Definition
v To treatment
v To least restrictive treatment
v To refuse treatment (Rx, psychosurgery)
v To dignity & humane care
v To confidentiality
v To be free from harm (restraint, abuse,
isolation, neglect)
Term
Tarasoff case
Definition
Tarasoff vs. U.C. Regents
v Providers have duty to warn
potential victims (& police)
v When in doubt…CONSULT !
Term
Neurocognitive Disorder due to Traumatic Brain Injury: diagnosis, causes
Definition
v Head/Brain injury occurs
v Loss of consciousness
v Post-trauma amnesia
v Disorientation and confused
v Neurological signs
v Sx are a result of head injury
v Sx cause impairment (social,
occupational, interpersonal)
Term
Definition of the insanity defense
Definition
Insanity Defense Plea = A legal
argument
– not guilty because don’t know
difference between right & wrong at
time of crime
– defendant sent to a treatment facility
within prison (not general pop)
– diagnosis of a disorder is not the
same as insanity
Term
Criteria for involuntary confinement to a psychiatric hospital
Definition
1. Harm to oneself
2. Harm to another person
3. Gravely disabled
Term
Duration of involuntary confinement
Definition
v Assessment prior to hospitalization
v Who can admit the patient?
v Up to 72 hours (5150)
v Reassess, then up to14 more days
(5250)
Term
Who can admit someone to confinement and who can discharge the person?
Definition
Psych on duty
Term
General findings about mental illness and dangerousness to society
Definition
less than 10% dangerous
Term
Requirements for being considered competent to stand trial
Definition
v Requirements for Competence
– Understanding of legal charges
– Ability to assist in one’s defense
– Essential for trial or legal processes
– Burden of proof is on the defense
Term
Definitive method for diagnosing Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer’s Disease
Definition
Autopsy necessary for definitive diagnosis
Term
Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer’s Disease: causes, survival rate; treatment (in general)
Definition
v Range of Cognitive Deficits
– agnosia: failure to recognize & name objects
– aphasia: language disturbance
– apraxia: impaired motor functioning
↓ executive functioning: planning, organizing, sequences, abstract
v Onset 65+ years; 5 million Americans
v May also have agitation, confusion, combativeness, depression, anxiety
v“Sundowner syndrome”
v Average survival = 8 years v Equally in men & women
v Equal across education & social class
v Usually irreversible
Term
Sundowner syndrome
Definition
a neurological phenomenon associated with increased confusion and restlessness in patients with delirium or some form of dementia.
Term
Viral infection hypothesis of schizophrenia
Definition
One hypothesis to explain this phenomenon is that this is due to prenatal viral infection, which is more likely to occur in the winter months. It is hypothesized that viral infections occurring during the third trimester of pregnancy result in the increased risk for developing schizophrenia.
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