10 Questions
Which early writer provided the most enduring description of schizophrenia and coined it as dementia praecox?
Emil Kraepelin
What term did Eugen Bleuler coin for what we now call schizophrenia, deriving from the Greek words skhizein and phren?
Schizophrenia
Which term describes alternating immobility and agitation in schizophrenia?
Catatonia
Which type of delusion is characterized by the belief that every event is directed at oneself?
Referential delusion
What is the term for a fixed and irrational belief that distorts reality?
Delusion
Which theorist proposed that associative splitting was the reason for having schizophrenia?
Eugen Bleuler
What term did Benedict Morel use to describe the symptoms of schizophrenia?
'Loss of mind' early conception
Which type of delusion involves a belief that one is going to be harmed by others?
'Persecutory delusion'
'Nonbizarre delusions' are characterized by beliefs that are...
...consistent with reality.
'Hebephrenia' is characterized by...
...silly and immature emotionality.
Explore different types of delusions including erotomanic, nihilistic, somatic, jealous, bizarre delusions, thought withdrawal, and thought insertion. Understand the characteristics and beliefs associated with these types of delusions.
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