Delusional Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The most common delusion in schizophrenia is the delusion of _____.

Answer: persecution

Flashcard 2: _____ is characterized by ≥1 positive psychotic symptom lasting between 1 day and 1 month.

Answer: Brief psychotic disorder

Flashcard 3: High **expressed emotion** (EE) in family members is associated with an increased risk of _____ in patients with schizophrenia.

Answer: Relapse

Flashcard 4: _____ hallucinations are more commonly a feature of psychiatric illness than medical illness (psychiatric or medical)

Answer: Auditory

Flashcard 5: In _____ syndrome, person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes his or her appearance or is in disguise.

Answer: Fregoli

Flashcard 6: Which type of schizophrenia is the most common?_____

Answer: Paranoid

Flashcard 7: What is the treatment of choice for amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder?_____

Answer: Haloperidol

Flashcard 8: _____ disorder is a fixed, persistent, false belief system lasting > 1 month (duration) with otherwise normal functioning

Answer: Delusional

Flashcard 9: major  mental illness is classified as _____

Answer: psychosis

Extra: 

Flashcard 10: Diagnosis of schizophrenia requires at least 2 of following, and at least 1 of these should include 1 to 3: - Positive symptoms-1. _____ 2. Hallucinations3. Disorganized speech4. Disorganized or catatonic behavior5. Negative symptoms (affective flattening, avolition, anhedonia, asociality, alogia)

Answer: Delusions