Q:Schizophrenia is the most disabling of all mental illnesses.
Q:Schizophrenia is the most disabling of all mental illnesses.
The correct answer is: • True
Explanation:
The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses, schizophrenia is a lifelong disease that cannot be cured. It can usually be controlled with proper treatment.
Q:There are 50 million people with schizophrenia in America.
Q:There are 50 million people with schizophrenia in America.
The correct answer is: • False
Explanation:
About 1% of Americans have this illness, which translates to about 2 million people.
Q:Psychosis means that a person...
Q:Psychosis means that a person...
The correct answer is: C Cannot distinguish imagination from reality
Explanation:
Psychosis is a prominent feature of schizophrenia but is not unique to this illness. Psychosis can result in delusions or prominent hallucinations where one believes that imagined experiences and/or beliefs are very real.
Q:Schizophrenia is almost always caused by the use of street drugs.
Q:Schizophrenia is almost always caused by the use of street drugs.
The correct answer is: • False
Explanation:
Experts don't know what causes schizophrenia. In some people, brain chemistry and brain structure are not normal. Family history may be a factor. Schizophrenia is not caused by anything a person did, or by personal weakness, bad choices, or a person's upbringing.
Q:The most common hallucination in schizophrenia is...
Q:The most common hallucination in schizophrenia is...
The correct answer is: D Hearing voices
Explanation:
Hallucinations are things a person sees, hears, smells, or feels that no one else can see, hear, smell, or feel. Many schizophrenic patients hear voices. Sometimes the voices talk to each other. People with schizophrenia may hear voices for a long time before the problem is noticed.
Q:Schizophrenia affects more men than women.
Q:Schizophrenia affects more men than women.
The correct answer is: • True
Explanation:
Schizophrenia affects men about one and a half times more commonly than women.
Q:The first symptoms of schizophrenia can include:
Outbursts of anger
Excessive crying
Q:The first symptoms of schizophrenia can include:
Q:Who has more severe symptoms at the onset of schizophrenia?
Q:Who has more severe symptoms at the onset of schizophrenia?
The correct answer is: A Men
Explanation:
Men tend to have more severe symptoms than women do. Symptoms of schizophrenia usually start in the late teens to mid-20s for men and the late 20s to 30s for women. The symptoms may start suddenly or happen gradually.
Q:Many schizophrenics believe that ____________ eases their symptoms.
Q:Many schizophrenics believe that ____________ eases their symptoms.
The correct answer is: D Smoking
Explanation:
Many people who have schizophrenia smoke cigarettes. This may be because smoking helps with some of the symptoms. But smoking makes other illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease, more likely.
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Reviewed by Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD on January 28, 2011
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