Clinical characteristics Flashcards
What is Schizophrenia
A psychiatric disorder
what are the clinical characteristics of schizophrenia
severe disruptions in psychological functioning and a loss of contact with reality there
what are the two clusters of clinical characteristics?
there are positive and negative symptoms
what are positive symptoms?
Behaviours that the patients are experiencing but should not be (e.g Hallucinations)
what are negative symptoms?
Behaviours that the patients should be experiencing but are not (e.g. doing nothing)
what are hallucinations?
unreal perceptions of the environment that can be auditory (e.g. hearing voices) visual (e.g. seeing lights/objects/faces) or tactile (e.g. something crawling on or under skin)
Is hallucination a positive or negative symptom?
positive?
what are delusions?
Delusions are bizarre beliefs that seem real but are not
what is an example of an auditory hallucination?
e.g. hearing voices
what is an example of an visual hallucination?
e.g. seeing lights/objects/faces
what is an example of a tactile hallucination?
e.g. something crawling on or under skin
what are the three types of delusions ?
paranoid belief, an inflated belief and a ‘reference’ belief
What is a paranoid delusion?
fearful of persecution
What is reference belief?
Believing that the comments of others (e.g. on a TV broadcast) are meant for them alone
What is inflated belief?
Inaccurate perception of power (e.g. able to cause a power cut)
