Clinical Characteristics: Cognitive Symptoms Flashcards
what are delusions?
believing things that aren’t true
delusions of grandeur
where they believe they’re more important than they are
paranoia/persecution
where they believe people are out to get them
delusions of control
they believe their behaviour is being controlled by somebody else
thought insertion
where somebody feels that thoughts are being put into their head
thought withdrawal
is when they believe that someone is removing their thoughts
as well as delusions, schizophrenics can also suffer from…
language impairments
cognitive distractilibity
where they can’t maintain a train of thought
echolalia
repeat sounds that others say
word salad
speak nonsense or gibberish
clang associations
speak in nonsensical rhymes
speach poverty
give very brief replies in conversations and show no extra, spontaneous speech
neologism
inventing words
