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People with schizophrenia experience ____________, a loss of contact with reality.

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Psychosis

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Andrea Yates suffered from __________ psychosis.

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Postpartum

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Those with schizophrenia sometimes make up words which have meaning only for them, and these words are called:

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Neologisms

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People with schizophrenia who may maintain physical postures and resist being moved are said to be displaying:

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Catatonic rigidity

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Studies have found that if one identical twin develops schizophrenia, there is a ______percent chance that the other twin will do so as well.

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48

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The ___________ phase of schizophrenia involves a lessening of the active phase.

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Residual

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The __________ theory suggests that schizophrenia causes it victims to fall from a higher to a lower socioeconomic level or to remain poor because they are unable to function effectively.

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Downward drift

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Which disorder is characterized by marked symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder?

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Schizoaffective disorder

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Approximately one of every _______ people in the world suffers from schizophrenia during his or her lifetime.

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100

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The symptoms of schizophrenia can respond well to _______ antipsychotic drugs.

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Atypical

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Researchers have found more blood flow in ___________ area of the brain, in patients experiencing auditory hallucinations.

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Broca's

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The concept of the schizophrenogenic mother, which suggests that schizophrenia is caused by cold, domineering, and uninterested mothers, was suggested by:

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Eugen Bleuler

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___________ are perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli.

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Hallucinations

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Many people with schizophrenia have enlarged ____________, the brain cavities that contain cerebrospinal fluid.

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Ventricles

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___________ delusions are the most common type of delusions in schizophrenia.

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Persecution

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In the famous study by Rosenhan in 1973, eight normal people presented themselves at various mental hospitals complaining that they had been hearing voices utter all but which of the following words?

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Snap

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Inappropriate affect, the experiencing of emotions that are unsuited to a situation, is classified as a ___________ symptom of schizophrenia.

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Positive

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The group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antipsychotic medications was called:

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Phenothiazines

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Which of the following is true of the prevalence of schizophrenia in men and women?

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Equal numbers of men and women receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia

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People who experience hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech caused by brain damage are considered to have:

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Psychotic disorder associated with another medical condition

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Circumstantial evidence for the ____________ theory comes from the unusually large number of people with schizophrenia born during the winter.

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Viral

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Which is not a category of schizophrenia symptoms?

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Neuromotor

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The psychosurgery in which the surgeon inserts a needle into the brain through the eye socket and rotates it in order to destroy brain tissue is called a:

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Transorbital lobotomy

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Despite popular misconception, those with schizophrenia do not display multiple personalities, that pattern is indicative of:

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Dissociative identity disorder

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The _____________ is the foundation for present biochemical explanations of schizophrenia.

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Dopamine hypothesis

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People with ____________ believe their feelings, thoughts, and actions are being controlled by other people.

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Delusions of control

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A person who suffers from a mental illness and also abuses substances maybe labeled as a mentally ill chemical abuser (MICA), which is also known as a __________ patient.

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Dual diagnosis

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___________ are the most common formal thought disorders experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia.

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Loose associations

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Schizophrenia usually first appears between the person's _______ and mid-30s.

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Late teens

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Which marital status is associated with higher rates of schizophrenia?

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Divorced or separated

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The DSM-5 requires that continuous signs of schizophrenia be present for at least ________ month/s.

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6

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Many people with schizophrenia develop ___________, ideas that they believe wholeheartedly but that have no basis in fact.

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Delusions

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Which disorder is associated with the presence of schizophrenia symptoms that last less than one month?

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Brief psychotic disorder

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People with schizophrenia often display ___________, a reduction in speech or speech content.

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Alogia

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Sigmund Freud believed that people with schizophrenia regress to the early developmental stage of primary:

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Narcissism

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In some cases people with schizophrenia may have __________, a general lack of pleasure or enjoyment.

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Anhedonia

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Individuals who are trying to recover from schizophrenia are almost four times more likely to relapse if they live with a family that has high levels of:

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Expressed emotion

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___________ hallucinations are by far the most common type in schizophrenia.

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Auditory

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The psychomotor symptoms for schizophrenia may take certain extreme forms, collectively called:

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Catatonia

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Which socioeconomic class has the highest annual prevalence of schizophrenia?

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Lower

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