Classification Of Schezophrenia

Question 1

What are the 2 classification of schizophrenia ?

Answer 1

ICD - 11

DSM - 5

Question 2

ICD - 11

Answer 2

2 or more negative symptoms for one month or longer for a sufficient diagnosis

Recognises sub types of schizophrenia e.g paranoid schizophrenia

Question 3

DSM - 5

Answer 3

One positive symptom must be present for at least one month for diagnosis

Does not categorise schizophrenia further into sub - types

Question 4

Positive symptoms

(Beyond normal experience)

Answer 4

Additional experience beyond those of ordinary existence (hallucinations and delusions)

Question 5

Hallucinations

Answer 5

Unusual sensory experiences that have no basis is in reality can affect senses

E.g auditory hallucinations (hearing voices not present)

Or

Visual hallucination’s (seeing objects not present)

Question 6

Delusions

Answer 6

False beliefs that have no basis in reality making those with sp behave in a way that makes sense to themselves but bizzare to others

E.g delusion of persecution-false beliefs you are being harassed for example by the govements

Delusion of control - falsie belief your being controlled by something external for example Aliens

Question 7

Negative symtptoms

Less than normal experience

Answer 7

Loss of usual abilities and experiences

(Avolition and speech poverty)

Question 8

Avolation

Answer 8

Severe loss of motivation

Signs include , poor hygiene , grooming , lack of persistence in work or education and lack of energy

Question 9

Speech poverty

Answer 9

Reduction in the amount and quality of speech

Accompanied by a delay in the suffers verbal responses during conversations or a lack of fluency

Question 10

Diagnosis (applying it to a person)

Answer 10

Identification of nature of an an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms

Question 11

Classification (lists of symptoms to look out for)

Answer 11

Action or process of classifying something the classification of disease according to symptoms

Question 12

Who conducted reliability and validity in classification and diagnosis ?

Answer 12

By cheniux (2009) they asked 2 psychiatrists to diagnose the same 100 patients using the DSM and ICD

Question 13

Reliability

Answer 13

Reliability is to gain consistent results when classifying and diagnosing schizophrenia

It’s the extent to which ICD and DSM consistently agree upon how schizophrenia should be classified

It’s also the extent to which two or more health professionals would agree on the same diagnosis

Question 14

Reliability chienauxs study

Answer 14

Psychiatrist 1 diagnosed 26 people and psychiatrist 2 diagnosed 13 people having schizophrenia using DSM

P1 diagnosed 44
P2 diagnosed 24 using ICD

Question 15

The results of reliability chienauxs study

Answer 15

Shows poor inter reliability as one psychiatrist diagnosed almost double the amount than the other

Question 16

Valdity

Answer 16

Extent to which we are accurately identifying schizophrenia symptoms in individuals

Extent to which ICD and DSM accurately identify symptoms of SZ

Extent to which two or more health professionals would accurately diagnose SZ using classification systems

Question 17

Validity cheniaxaus study

Answer 17

As p1 diagnosed almost most double the number of patients using ICD than DSM , which questions how accurately ICD and DSM outlines symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 18

What did cheniaux find ?

Answer 18

A significant difference between the 2 psychiatrists and the 2 systems