In Chapter 9, in Abnormal Psychology the authors discuss the…
In Chapter 9, in Abnormal Psychology the authors discuss the etiology of schizophrenia. Research has found that people with schizophrenia have structural and functional abnormalities in a number of the temporal areas of the brain. Which of the following are true of the differences in persons with schizophrenia and those without this condition in the temporal areas of the brain?
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The first atypical antipsychotic drug used for schizophrenia, an atypical antipsychotic that is chemically similar to loxapine, acts on the dopamine 1 and serotonin receptors, and is not a drug of first choice because of a potentially adverse fatal effect, agranulocytosis. This drug is most likely?
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Jessa, a person with schizophrenia, has little motivation to participate in anything. She is apathetic and displays a lack of energy. She seems unmotivated and initiates no actions without much prodding. Her mom states, “Jessa, just doesn’t have any motivation to do anything anymore. I ask her to help me in the kitchen but won’t even leave the chair in the living room. If I prompt her to get up, she always leaves her tasks unfinished. Is she just lazy or what?” She displays lack of desire, persistence, and motivation in daily life. This is…
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Patrick is a person with schizophrenia. He believes that he has been cursed by a demon that inhabits his body. He believes that this demon puts creatures inside him, such as ants that he feels crawling under his skin. He has tried several times to “cut out” these animals. His delusional type is what?
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After three days of no contact with his friends, Thomas, a medical student at UAB, has been found by his buddies in his closet. Thomas is a 21-year-old male whose family includes several doctors and academicians. He feels lots of pressure to succeed in his chosen field. His friends noted that Thomas had been more agitated the closer they had come to the end of the school term. He had covered his windows in dark paper to keep our “prying eyes” according Thomas’s roommate. The roommate was staying with his girlfriend, because he said Thomas was acting “weird.” Thomas is discovered wedged in his closet naked in a pool of his own wastes. He is mute, unaware of others around him, and is immediately taken to the emergency room for evaluation and treatment. Which of these diagnoses can you completely rule out?
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Alice Ann, a young woman of 22, reports symptoms that indicate that she is experiencing a major depressive episode. After gathering an extensive history, you conclude that she does not report a period that could be diagnosed as a manic episode. However, she does appear to have experienced two periods that might be diagnosed as a hypomanic episode, one when she was 20 and one about 6 months later. History also reveals that at 20, she appears to have experienced another period that was a major depressive episode. Her major depressive episode appears to have lasted for 3 weeks and the hypomanic episodes for approximately 4 days respectively. You diagnose Alice Ann with what?
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