A. adolescents
B. young adults
C. the middle aged
D. the elderly
Related Mcqs:
- What is an example of a positive symptom in patients with schizophrenia?
A. Impaired social skills
B. Affective flattening (lack of expression or emotion)
C. Alogia (loss of speech)
D. Hallucinations - If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin that twin
A. Will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic
B. Will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic
C. is almost sure to become schizophrenic
D. is also likely to have more than one personality - Disorganized schizophrenia is characterized by?
A. attacks of fear or panic
B. silliness, laughter, and bizarre behavior
C. delusions of persecution
D. severe depression - The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean:
A. a split between thought and emotion
B. having more than one personality
C. the same thing as a dissociative reaction
D. that a person is insane - Which drug has provided the most help to schizophrenia patients experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoia?
A. Ativan
B. Xanax
C. Thorazine
D. lithium - All but this common drug trade name are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia
A. Haldol
B. Clozaril
C. Thorazine
D. Losec - 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?
A. involuntary movements of tongue and face
B. no movement at all
C. slow movements
D. clapping of the hands repeatedly - Which movie featured a math genius suffering from schizophrenia, and won an Oscar for best Picture?
A. Calculus the A calculus
B. American Beauty
C. A beautiful mind
D. Deceitfulness - Klaus is a psychological graduate student who wants to determine whether electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for schizophrenia. To combine the result of numerous published studies on this issue, Klaus should use a technique called:
A. counterconditioning
B. meta – analysis
C. factor analysis
D. electric therapy - Which of the following related to recent attempts to find biochemical explanations for schizophrenia?
A. schizotaxin
B. psychotropin
C. dopamine
D. diazepam
