Schizophrenia Review

1. Which of the following amounts best describes the cost to society of schizophrenia? $13.5 million per year $6.2 billion per year $32.5 billion per year 2. Paranoia is the unreal fear of: excessive weight gain loss of hearing someone out to get you 3. The state of becoming fixed in a single position for a long period of time is: pantatonia catatonia delusions 4. Which is not one of the three basic types of schizophrenia? disorganized schizophrenia hallucinatory schizophrenia paranoid schizophrenia 5. Hallucinations do NOT include: overeating hearing voices smelling things 6. The lateral ventricles in the brains of people with schizophrenia tend to be: larger than normal smaller than normal the same size as normal 7. Studies have shown that genetics: are the only cause of schizophrenia do not play a role in the schizophrenia play some role in the cause of schizophrenia 8. The dopamine theory states that schizophrenia is caused by: excessive drug ingestion by mothers during pregnancy excessive dopamine system in the brain excessive dopamine system in the spinal cord 9. Psychosis, or a psychotic episode, can best be described as: a loss of memory a change in behavior a period of high physical activity 10. Which of the following statements best describes the effects of schizophrenia on the numbers of men and women? Schizophrenia affects more men than women Schizophrenia affects less men than women Schizophrenia affects about the same number of men and women 11. People with schizophrenia have: splits from reality split personalities multiple persoanlities 12. Schizophrenia is found in the general population at a rate of about: 0.1% 1% 2% Score = Correct answers: [Back to Schizophrenia]