Outcome and Prognosis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Acute onset is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia

Answer: good

Flashcard 2: Negative symptoms is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia

Answer: poor

Flashcard 3: Hebephrenic schizophrenia is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia

Answer: poor

Flashcard 4: Catatonic schizophrenia is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia

Answer: good

Flashcard 5: _____ - 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.

Answer: Expressed emotions

Flashcard 6: Which type of schizophrenia has the worst prognosis?_____

Answer: Simple

Flashcard 7: major  mental illness is classified as _____

Answer: psychosis

Extra: 

Flashcard 8: 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

Flashcard 9: Alice in Wonderland syndrome is seen in _____ and Migraine.

Answer: Schizophrenia

Flashcard 10: _____ disorder is symptoms of schizophrenia lasting from 1 to 6 months (duration)

Answer: Schizophreniform