Classification And Diagnosis

Question 1

Schizophrenia def

Answer 1

Mental disorder characterised by profound situation of cognition and emotion where thoughts and emotions are severely impaired

Question 2

4 things schizophrenia affects

Answer 2

Perception
Emotions
Language
Sense of self

Question 3

2 types of symptoms

Answer 3

Positive

Negative

Question 4

What are positive symptoms

Answer 4

• add to everyday experience

- may be an excess of distortion or normal functions

Question 5

What are negative symptoms

Answer 5

• take away from everyday experience
• make it difficult to carry on with day to day activities
• may be present without positive symptoms

Question 6

3 examples of positive symptoms

Answer 6

Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganised speech

Question 7

2 examples of negative symptoms

Answer 7

Speech povert / alogia

Avolition

Question 8

Def hallucinations

Answer 8

Unusual sensory experiences that can relate to all senses and can be linked to the environment or unrelated and distorts reality

Question 9

Delusions def

Answer 9

Are firm but false beliefs that can take many firms

Question 10

Example of a delusion

Answer 10

A person thinks they have been chosen to complete a social mission

Question 11

Example of hallucinations

Answer 11

Warping faces

Question 12

Speech poverty / alogia def

Answer 12

Deficits in fluency or spoken language, fewer words spoken and less complex grammar

Question 13

Avoilition def

Answer 13

Inability to initiate activities and inability to continue with activities can result in doing nothing for extended periods of time

Question 14

Example of avolition

Answer 14

Poor hygiene and grooming

Question 15

Disorganised speech def

Answer 15

Reflects problems in organising thoughts and may shift firm topic to topic so what they are saying doesn’t follow a coherent story