Understanding Schizophrenia

What percentage of the US population is affected by schizophrenia?

• 1%

• 5%

• 2%

• 0.5%

Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

• Apathy

• Delusions

• Lack of energy

• Flat affect

What is a delusion of control?

• Believing you are a famous person

• Thinking an outside force controls your actions

• Hearing voices that aren't there

• Feeling no pleasure from activities

Which symptom involves seeing or hearing things that aren't real?

• Anhedonia

• Hallucinations

• Flat affect

• Apathy

What is apathy in the context of schizophrenia?

• False beliefs

• Hearing voices

• Lack of interest or enthusiasm

• Excessive motor activity

Which symptom is characterized by a lack of emotional response?

• Catatonia

• Hallucinations

• Delusions

• Flat affect

What is anhedonia?

• Excessive movement

• Lack of interest

• Belief in false ideas

• Inability to experience pleasure

What causes secondary negative symptoms in schizophrenia?

• Medications

• Physical disorders

• Paranoid delusions

• Primary symptoms

What is catatonic stupor?

• Decreased reaction to stimuli

• Excessive motor activity

• Hearing voices

• Lack of interest

Which type of catatonia involves purposeless movements?

• Catatonic stupor

• Excited catatonia

• Flat affect

• Anhedonia