Psychotic Disorders — Flashcards

_____ disorder is atleast 2 weeks of psychosis without mood episode and history of concurrent mood episode and psychosis in past.

Treatment resistent schizophrenia is the lack of response to two different antipsychotics given at adequate dosages for an adequate duration of _____ weeks

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

Thoughts of being harmed, followed by people around him represent delusion of _____.

Delusion of _____ is when events, objects, or other persons in one's immediate environment are perceived to have a particular and unusual significance for the person experiencing the delusion.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) can be used in addition to antipsychotics in _____

In _____ syndrome, the woman believes that a man, frequently older and of higher status, is in love with her.

One of the first rank symptoms of schizophrenia is _____, where the person attaches an abnormal significance/meaning to a normal perception, which leads to delusional interpretation

What neurotransmitter increase has been linked to the severity of positive symptoms in schizophrenia?_____

Family hx of mood disorders is a _____ prognostic factor for schizophrenia