Mod 68 READING GUIDE

The word (schizophrenia) itself means "_____" (schizo) "____" (phrenia). It refers not to a multiply personality split but rather to the mind's split from _______

Match the following

• delusion

• a group of psychological disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality

• schizophrenia

• a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

• chronic schizophrenia

• a form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age, frequently occurs in response to an emotionally traumatic event, and has extended recovery periods

• psychotic disorders

• a form of schizophrenia in which symptoms usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood. As people age, psychotic episodes last longer and recovery periods shorten

• acute schizophrenia

• a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

Jumbled ideas may make no sense even within sentences forming what is known as __________

...such ​ (a)   perceptions and beliefs, ​ (b)   speech and ​ (c)   emotions profoundly ​ (d)   social and work relationships.

• disturbed
• disorganized
• out of place
• disrupt

Social withdrawl, a ________ symptom, is often found among those with chronic schizophrenia.

They found an excess (in the brains of patients with schizophrenia) of ________ receptors, including a sixfold excess for the dopamine receptor D4.

Smaller-than-normal areas may include the ​ (a)   , the ​ (b)   , and the ​ (c)   connecting the brain's two ​ (d)   .

• cortex
• hippocampus
• corpus callosum
• hemispheres
• limbic system
• amygdala
• hippopotamus
• association areas
• occipital lobes

​ (a)   may also increase risks. People conceived during the peak of World War II's Dutch ​ (b)   famine later developed schizophrenia at ​ (c)   the normal rate. Those conceived during the famine of 1959-1961 in eastern ​ (d)   also displayed double the rate.

• famine
• wartime
• twice
• China
• Russia
• three times
• peaceful

Match the following

• 50%

• The chance that if one identical twin has schizophrenia the other will as well

• 2%

• general population chance of developing schizophrenia

• 1%

• The chance of developing schizophrenia if one of the parents has schizophrenia

• 10%

• the chance of getting schizophrenia if the mother has the flu in the second trimester of her pregnancy

Recall that ​ (a)   factors influence whether genes will be ​ (b)   . Like hot water activiating a tea bag, ​ (c)   factors such as viral infections, nutritional deprivation, and maternal ​ (d)   can "​ (e)   " the genes that put some of us at higher risk for schizophrenia.

• epigenetic
• expressed
• environmental
• stress
• turn on