Identified by clinicians, this phase of schizophrenia occurs as brief as a few weeks or months before the first psychotic break.  

This comorbid disorder of schizophrenia occurs in nearly 50% of patients and is associated with nonadherence to treatment, relapse, incarceration, & homelessness.  

A patient is overheard saying the following over and over, “I rang my whang, it went gang, and my head went twang.”  What is the patient demonstrating?

A patient at PSH soon to be discharged, constantly tells his social worker that he wants to live on his own. The social worker was able to find him an apartment and teach him how to use the bus. The patient then asked, “But who will take care of me?” What fundamental sign of schizophrenia is this an example of?

When communicating with a patient expressing delusional thoughts, the psychiatric technician would appropriately communicate with the patient by:

The best-known modernist movement, _______________________, dates from the 1870s, when people were astonished by the flickering network of color paintings used by painters like Edouard Manet and Claude Monet, to render simple scenes from everyday life.

A ________________________ is a group of songs associated by a common poetic theme or an actual story.

As melody grew more complex and harmony grew more dissonant, tonality grew more indistinct. Finally, some music reached a point at which no tonal center could be detected at all. This is __________music.

Also highly original was the notion of having a single theme recur in all the movements as a representative of the musician’s beloved – his _______________________, or obsession.

As people all over Europe became more conscious of their national characters, they also came to prize their distinctive artistic heritages more and more. The characteristic musical feature of __________________________ is simply the incorporation of national folk music into concert pieces, songs, and operas.