MH707 MODULE 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Symptoms of schizophrenia can be grouped into which three categories?


POSITIVE SYMPTOMS
NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS
COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS


Name 3 examples of POSITIVE SYMPTOMS


HALLUCINATIONS
DELUSIONS
BIZARRE BEHAVIOR


Name 3 examples of NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS


FLATTENING OR BLUNTING
ALOGIA
AVOLITION/APATHY
ANHEDONIA
INATTENTIVENESS
define anhedonia
inability to feel pleasure
define avolition

,Lack of motivation.
Decreased engagement in purposeful, goal-directed actions




Name 3 examples of COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS


IMP AIRMENT OF ATTENTION
WORKING MEMORY
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION


Which type of SCHIZOPHRENIC SYMPTOMS are associated with acute
psychotic episode?


POSITIVE SYMPTOMS


What are the characteristic features of psychotic disorders?


DELUSIONS
HALLUCINATIONS
DISORGANIZATION OF SPEECH
DISORGANIZATION OF BEHAVIOR OR CATATONIA
NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS


What are the symptoms and timing criteria for Schizophreniform disorder?

, 2 or more of first 3 psychotic symptoms for more than 1 month and less than 6
months


Does criteria for diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder require functional
impairment
no.
May be present but not necessary for dx


What are the symptoms and timing criteria for brief psychotic disorder


1 of first 3 psychotic symptoms for > 1 day and < 1 month with no functional
impairment


what is diagnostic criteria A for schizoeffective disorder
An uninterrupted period of illness during which there is a major mood episode
concurrent with Criterion A of schizophrenia .


what are the two specifiers for schizoeffective disorder
bipolar
depressive


What is the course of schizophreniform?


Brief and transient with a rapid onset