| A | B |
|---|
| PSYCHOSIS | a severe mental disorder, such as schizophrenia, is classified as a |
| DELUSION | a false belief |
| HALLUCINATION | seeing or hearing something that is not there |
| ONSET | between 15 and 30 is the usual age range at which schizophrenia and mania have their |
| "POSITIVE" SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA | delusions, hallucinations, bizarre use of language |
| "NEGATIVE" SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA | emotional flattening, apathy, lack of language, lack of interest in social contact |
| PARANOIA | delusions of persecution |
| CATATONIA | type of schizophrenia in which patient becomes like a statue |
| SCHIZOAFFECTIVE | comorbidity of schizophrenia and depression |
| SCHIZOPHRENIFORM | having the symptoms of schizophrenia, but for less than six months |
| DIATHESES | the principal (or at least predisposing) role of heredity and congenital factors in schizophrenia |
| THORAZINE, MELLARIL, HALDOL | older, neuroleptic medication for schizophrenia; side effects may include tardive dyskinesia |
| CLOZARIL, RISPERDAL, ZYPREXA | newer medications for schizophrenia |
| DOPAMINE | neurotransmitter involved in schizophrenia |
| REFRACTORY | cases of schizophrenia which do not respond to treatment |
| SCHIZOID | personality type which lacks interest in social relations |
| SCHIZOTYPAL | personality type characterized by perceptual and communication eccentricities |
| CONCORDANCE | degree to which relatives of patients have the same disorders |
| DEMENTIA PRAECOX | an older, 19th century term for schizophrenia (due to its onset in adolescence) |
| SCHIZOPHRENIA | a major psychosis characterized by delusions, hallucinations, bizarre communication |
| TARDIVE DYSKINESIA | a serious neurological side-effect of psychotropic medications |
