Classification And Diagnosis Flashcards
What is classification?
Process of organising symptoms into categories based on which symptoms cluster together in sufferers.
What are the 2 classification systems?
-World health organisation international classification of disease edition 10 (ICD 10)
- American psychiatric association diagnostic + statistical manuel edition 5 (dsm 5)
What is diagnosis?
the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Hallucinations and Delusions.
What are hallucinations?
-Sensory experiences of stimuli that have no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there.
-Visual hallucinations (seeing things that aren’t there)
-Auditory hallucinations (hearing things that aren’t there)
What are Delusions?
-Involve irrational beliefs that have no basis in reality.
-That the sufferer is someone else like an important historical, political or religious figure = delusions of grandeur.
-That the sufferer is a victim of conspiracy like being persecuted by the government or aliens = delusions of persecution.
What are the negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Avolition/Apathy
Speech Poverty/Alogia
What is Avolition/Apathy?
-Involves a loss of motivation to carry out tasks and results in lowered activity levels.
-Sufferers find it diff to begin or keep up with goal directed activity (working towards a result).
-Poor hygiene and grooming.
-Lack of persistence in work/education.
-Lack of energy
What is Speech Poverty/Alogia?
-Involves reduced freq and qual of speech.
-The sufferer may be delayed in responding verbally during conversations.
Schizophrenia statistics
1% of the population
more common in men
more common in those who live in cities
more common in working class.
ICD 10
no +ve symptoms
2 or more -ve symptoms
DSM 5
1 +ve symptom
