Flashcards in Psychiatric Disorders II Deck (69)
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Which gender has: an earlier onset with schizophrenia?
Males
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Which gender has: poorer premorbid adjustment with schizophrenia?
Males
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Which gender has: less cognitive impairment with schizophrenia?
Females
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Which gender has: more brain structural abnormalities with schizophrenia?
Males
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Which gender has: a better outcomes with schizophrenia?
Females
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Which gender has: a later onset with schizophrenia?
Females
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Which gender has: more negative s/sx with schizophrenia?
Males
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Which gender has: symptoms that are more affect laden onset with schizophrenia?
Females
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Which gender has: tend not to marry with schizophrenia?
Males
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What percent of schizophrenics develop by age 30 in males?
90%
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What is the most common presentation of bipolar disorder?
Depression and anxiety
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True or false: there is a high comorbidity of anxiety with schizophrenia
True
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What are the comorbidities that are common in the schizophrenic population? (3)
-Anxiety
-OCD
-Panic
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True or false: Schizotypal or paranoid personalities often proceed the onset of schizophrenia
True
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True or false: there are high rates of substance abuse with schizophrenia
True (50% use tobacco)
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What is the usual age range in prison? How does this compare to the onset of schizophrenia?
Both young
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What percent of schizophrenics smoke?
50%
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What is the effect of smoking with schizophrenia?
Decreases hallucinations
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What is a schizoaffective disorder?
a mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions. The diagnosis is made when the patient has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder—either bipolar disorder or depression—but does not strictly meet diagnostic criteria for either alone
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What are the diagnostic criteria for schizoaffective disorder? What is the duration that is needed?
Delusions or hallucinations for 2 or more weeks in the absence of a major episode during the lifetime duration of the illness
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How do the negative s/sx with schizoaffective disorder compare to full schizophrenia
less severe and less persistent
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True or false: anosognosia is common, and more severe and pervasive with schizoaffective disorder than in schizophrenia
False--less severe and pervasive
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What is the prevalence of schizoaffective disorder? How does this compare to schizophrenia?
1/3 as common as schizophrenia, with a lifetime prevalence of 0.3%
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Which gender has a higher prevalence of schizoaffective disorder?
Females
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What is the duration of substance induced psychotic disorder?
s/sx that persist more than 1 month after stopping acute withdrawal or severe intoxication
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True or false: s/sx of substance induced psychotic disorder precede the onset of use
True
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What percent of individuals with a first episode of psychosis are reported to have substance induced psychotic disorder?
7-25%
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True or false: in order to diagnose substance induced psychotic disorder, the disturbances must not occur during a delirium
True
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What are the three major categories of medical disorders that can cause psychosis?
-Neurological conditions
-Endocrine conditions
-Metabolic conditions
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