Here's a quick fill-in-the-blanks workout on the topic, with text pulled from Wikipedia's schizophrenia page.
Ready...steady...go!
1. A _____________ is a perception in the absence of external stimulus that has qualities of real perception.
2. A _____________ is a mistaken belief that is held with strong conviction even when presented with superior evidence to the contrary.
3. _________________ & _________________ are peak periods for the onset of schizophrenia
4. _____________ symptoms are deficits of normal emotional responses or of other thought processes, and are less responsive to medication.
5. _______________ symptoms can include delusions, disordered thoughts and speech, and tactile, auditory, visual, olfactory and gustatory hallucinations.
6. A combination of ___________ and environmental factors play a role in the development of schizophrenia.
7. A _________________ diagnosis is made when the person has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder—either bipolar disorder or depression—but does not strictly meet diagnostic criteria for either alone
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Answers below. Scroll down...
1. Hallucination
2. Delusion
3. Late adolescence and early adulthood
4. Negative
5. Positive
6. Genetic
7. Schizoaffective disorder
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