This subtype of schizophrenia displays high anxiety levels, guarded, aloof, and can be violent.
Paranoid
This subtype of schizophrenia is free from acute psychosis but still has negative symptoms. Prognosis is poor.
Residual
This subtype of schizophrenia displays uninhibited behaviors, unusual mannerisms, distorted facial expressions, delusions and flat affect with prognosis being poor.
Disorganized
This subtype of schizophrenia may suffer from malnutrition, odd movements, rigid posture, mute, and echoialia.
Catatonic
This may take on other forms of smells, sounds, tastes, sights, tactile sensations, or feelings which are false sensory inputs with no external stimuli.
Hallucinations
A random, jumbled set of words that have no connection or relationship to one another.
Word salad
Thinking characterized by speech that moves from one unrelated idea to the next.
Loose associations
Rapid change in topics with a rapid flow of speech
Flight of ideas
This is repating words of another after they have stopped talking.
echolalia
This is repeating words that sound alike, or substituting a word that sounds like the appropriate word.
Clang associations
This is the cardinal sign of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
High body temperature
This alteration in thought believes that their partner is sexually involved with another individual even though there is not any factual basis for this belief.
Jealousy
This alteration in thought believes that their thoughts are heard by others.
Thought broadcasting
This alterations in thought believes their actions or thoughts are able to control a situation or affect others, such as wearing a certain hat makes them invisible to others.
Magical thinking
Name one way to minimize anticholinergic effects.
Chew sugarless gum, eat foods high in fiber, & consume 2-3L of fluid/day
