Clinical Characteristics Of Schizophrenia

Question 0

Experiences of control

Answer 0

Believing that you’re under the control of an external force and that the mind/body has been invaded by an alien force.

Question 1

Delusions

Answer 1

Beliefs that seem real that aren’t, might include inflated beliefs about someone’s power/importance.

Question 2

Hallucinations

Answer 2

Unreal perceptions of the environment, EG auditory - hearing voices, tactile - feeling bugs craw under your skin, visual - seeing people/objects/light, olfactory-smelling things.

Question 3

Disordered thinking.

Answer 3

Feeling that thoughts have been inserted/removed from the mind, thinking that your thoughts are being broadcast for everyone to hear, tangential/incoherent/loosely associated speech.

Question 4

Affective flattening

Answer 4

Reduction in range/intensity of emotional expression.

Question 5

Alogia

Answer 5

Lessening of speech fluency/productivity.

Question 6

Avolition

Answer 6

Lessening of ability to initiate/persist in goal directed behaviour.