Psychotic Disorders — Flashcards

Advanced _____ age is associated with a higher risk of developing schizophrenia

_____ hallucinations are a morbid form of synaesthesia (the experience of a stimulus in one sense modality producing a sensory experience in another)

_____ is passive maintenance of a posture against gravity and is a feature of catatonia

Which type of schizophrenia is characterised by delusions of persecution, grandeur, and control?_____

Higher expressed emotions are associated with a _____ risk of developing schizophrenia

Perceptual distortion of shape, size and colour and reciprocal position of objects is known as _____ syndrome

Absence of depression is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia

If there is history of multiple relapses in schizophrenia antipsychotics should be continued for at least _____.

_____ - parents or other caregivers may behave with overt criticism, hostility, or overinvolvement towards a person with schizophrenia, which further worsens the illness, as evidenced by increased rates of relapse.

Which type of schizophrenia has an early onset and a bad prognosis?_____