Classification Flashcards

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1
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What is schizophrenia?

A

A type of psychosis characterised by a profound disruption of cognition and emotion

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2
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What percentage of the population has schizophrenia?

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1%

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3
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Which diagnostic manual is most commonly used to diagnose schizophrenia?

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DSM-5

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4
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What are the two types of schizophrenia symptoms?

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Positive and negative

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What are positive symptoms?

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Abnormal, additional behaviours to normal functioning

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What are the two positive symptoms?

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Hallucinations and delusions

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What are hallucinations?

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Bizarre and unreal perceptions of the environment that can affect any of the 5 senses

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What do auditory hallucinations tend to be?

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Violent voices

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What are delusions?

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Bizarre beliefs that seem real to the person, but are not real

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What are the three types of delusions?

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Paranoid, grandeur and reference

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What are delusions of paranoia?

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Belief that they’re being followed of spied upon

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What are delusions of grandeur?

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Belief that they’re famous

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What are delusions of reference?

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Belief that events in the environment are directly related to them

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What are negative symptoms?

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Symptoms that signify a lack of normal functioning

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What is disorganised speech?

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The result of abnormal thought processes, where the lack of organisation of their thoughts shows up in their speech.

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16
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What is catatonic behaviour?

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The inability or motivation to initiate a task or complete it

17
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What is avolition?

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The reduction, difficulty or inability to initiate and persist in goal directed behaviour

18
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What is speech poverty?

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The lessening of speech fluency and productivity, which reflects slowing or blocked thoughts

19
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What is affective flattening?

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Decreased range and intensity of emotional expression

20
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What is anhedonia?

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A loss of interest or pleasure in normally pleasurable activities

21
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What are the 5 main diagnostic symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech, catatonic behaviour and negative symptoms

22
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For how long must schizophrenia symptoms endure to receive a diagnosis?

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1 month

23
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Out of the five main symptoms, which is required for a schizophrenia diagnosis?

A

Delusions, hallucinations or disorganised speech