The General Schizophrenia Quiz

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1. What is an example of a positive symptom in patients with schizophrenia? Hallucinations Alogia (loss of speech) Impaired social skills Affective flattening (lack of expression or emotion)

2. All but this type is a type of delusion a schizophrenic patient might experience. Somatic Thought broadcasting Persecutory Sensory

3. No genetic link has been found in Schizophrenia studies. True False

4. The prescription drug Thorazine used to treat persons with schizophrenia may cause side effects, one of them called tardive dyskinesia. What might a person suffering from this side effect display? slow movements clapping of the hands repeatedly no movement all all involuntary movements of tongue and face

5. Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy is still sometimes useful and administered today to a schizophrenic patient. True False

6. All but this common drug trade name are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia. Haldol Clozaril Thorazine Losec

7. Studies have proven that some prenatal factors may cause schizophrenia except ____ ? deficiencies in nutrition perinatal hypoxia substance abuse prenatal viral exposure

8. What is the average age range in which a person first experiences the onset of schizophrenic symptoms? Adolescence Mid 40s Late 30s to early 40s Early 20s to early 30s

9. Which neurotransmitter plays the most significant role in the regulating of schizophrenic symptoms? dopamine acetylcholine gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) epinephrine

10. Which movie featured a math genius suffering from schizophrenia, and won an Oscar for Best Picture? American Beauty A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia: The untold story Calculus the Acalculus