Schizophrenia

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What age range is the peak incidence of schizophrenia onset for men?

20 to 30 years

15 to 25 years (correct)

30 to 40 years

25 to 35 years

When is schizophrenia usually diagnosed?

Middle age

Late adolescence or early adulthood (correct)

Old age

Early childhood

How is schizophrenia described in the text?

As a non-treatable condition

As a syndrome or disease process with many different varieties and symptoms (correct)

As a single illness with specific symptoms

As a contagious disease

What percentage of the total population is estimated to have schizophrenia?

1% Signup and view all the answers

How is the public perception of schizophrenia described in the text?

Vastly misunderstood, fearing it as dangerous and uncontrollable Signup and view all the answers

What has the mental health community come to learn and educate the community at large about schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia has many different symptoms and presentations and is an illness that medication can control Signup and view all the answers

What has contributed to many clients with schizophrenia living successfully in the community?

Increased effectiveness of newer atypical antipsychotic drugs and advances in community-based treatment Signup and view all the answers

At what age does schizophrenia rarely manifest?

Childhood Signup and view all the answers

How are clients with medically supervised illness and maintained treatment described in the text?

They often continue to live and sometimes work in the community with family and outside support Signup and view all the answers

What is the recent understanding about the control of schizophrenia?

Medication can control schizophrenia Signup and view all the answers

What has contributed to clients with schizophrenia living successfully in the community?

Advances in community-based treatment Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

Hallucinations Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to speak little or to convey little substance of meaning?

Alogia Signup and view all the answers

Which type of disorder is diagnosed when the client has a mixture of psychotic and mood symptoms?

Schizoaffective disorder Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the absence of any facial expression that would indicate emotions or mood?

Flat affect Signup and view all the answers

Which medication may control the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

Antipsychotics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the continuous flow of verbalization in which the person jumps rapidly from one topic to another?

Flight of ideas Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the restriction of emotional feeling, tone, or mood?

Blunted affect Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

Alogia Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the absence of will, ambition, or drive to take action or accomplish tasks?

Avolition Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the false sensory perceptions or perceptual experiences that do not exist in reality?