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 _______

(a)  

Match the following

• acute schizophrenia

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

• schizophrenia

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

• psychotic disorders

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

• chronic schizophrenia

• 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

• delusion

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

Jumbled ideas may make no sense even within sentences forming what is known as (a)  

...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 (a)   symptom, is often found among those with chronic schizophrenia.

They found an excess (in the brains of patients with schizophrenia) of (a)   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

• 1%

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

• 10%

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

• 50%

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

• 2%

• general population chance of developing schizophrenia

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