Clinical Features Flashcards
What are negative features of schizophrenia
Absence or deficiency of normal behaviour
Apathy
Limited thought speech
Emotional and social withdrawal
What are the positive symptoms
Refer to distorted reality
Delusions
Hallucinations
What is avolition
Inability to initiate or persist in activity
Also referred to as apathy
Eg little interest in personal hygiene
What is alogia
Absence of speech or limited detail or brief replies
What is anhedonia
Lack of pleasure
Indifference to activities
What is flat affect
No emotion
Stare vacantly
Speak flat toneless voice
Seem unaffected by things happening externally but may be responding internally
What are disorganised symptoms
Variety of erratic beh
What is tangentiality
Not really answering the question
Going off on a tangent
What is loose association or derailment
Abrupt change of topic to unrelated areas in conversation
What is inapproprpriate affect
Laughing or crying at inappropriate times
What does Catatonia symptoms range from
Immobility to wild agitation
What do you need to meet diagnosis of schizophrenia
Display 2 or more major symptoms for significant portion of 1 month. At least one symptom must be delusions hallucinations or disorganised speech
