Terms : Hide Images
| A psychotic disorder in which personal, social and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions and motor abnormalities | ||
| A state in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways | ||
| Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be excesses of or bizarre additions to normal thoughts, emotions or behaviors | ||
| A strange false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary | ||
| A disturbance in the production and organization of thought | ||
| A common thinking disturbance in schizophrenia, characterized by rapid shifts from one topic of conversation to another (aka derailment) | ||
| The experiencing of sights, sounds or other perceptions in the absence of external stimuli | ||
| Display of emotions that are unsuited to the situation; a symptom of schizophrenia | ||
| Symptoms of schizophrenia ht seem to be deficits in moral thought, emotions, or behaviors | ||
| A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia | ||
| A marked lack of expressed emotions; a symptom of schizophrenia | ||
| A symptom of schizophrenia marked by a path and an inability to start or complete a course of action | ||
| A pattern of extreme psychomotor symptoms found in some forms of schizophrenia, which may include catatonic stupor, rigidity or posturing | ||
| The theory that schizophrenia results from excessive activity o the neurotransmitter dopamine | ||
| Drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking | ||
| A group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antipsychotic medications | ||
| A relatively new group of antipsychotic drugs whose biological action is different from that of the traditional antipsychotic drugs | ||
| A type of mother-supposedly cold, domineering, and uninterested in the needs of others- who was once thought to cause schizophrenia in her child | ||
| A theory that some parents repeatedly communicate pairs of messages that are mutually contradictory, helping to produce schizophrenia in their children | ||
| The general level of criticism, disapproval, and hostility expressed in a family. People recovering from schizophrenia are considered more likely to relapse if their families rate high in expressed emotion | ||
| Public mental hospitals in the United States, run by the individual states | ||
| A humanistic approach to institutional treatment based on the belief that institutions can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-respect, responsible behavior, and meaningful activity | ||
| A behavioral program in which a person's desirable behaviors are reinforced systematically throughout the day by the awarding of tokens that can be exchanged for goods or privileges | ||
| Drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking | ||
| Conventional antipsychotic drugs, so called because they often produce undesired effects similar to the symptoms of neurological disorders | ||
| Unwanted movements, such as severe shaking, bizarre-looking grimaces, twisting of the body, and extreme restlessness, sometimes produced by conventional antipsychotic drugs | ||
| Extrapyramidal effects that appear in some patients after thy have taken conventional antipsychotic drugs for an extended time | ||
| A life-threatening reduction in white blood cells. This condition is sometimes produced by the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine | ||
| The discharge of large numbers of patients from longterm institutional care so that they might be treated in community programs | ||
| A treatment facility that provides medication, psychotherapy, and emergency care for psychological problems and coordinates treatment in the community | ||
| A program of posthospitalization care and treatment in the community | ||
| A program that offers hospital-like treatment during the day only | ||
| A residence for people with schizophrenia or other severe problems, often staffed by paraprofessionals | ||
| A supervised workplace for people who are not et ready for competitive jobs | ||
| A community therapist who offers a full range of services for people with schizophrenia or other severe disorders, including therapy, advice, medication, guidance, and protection of patients' rights |
