CP: Chapter 9 Schizophrenia Flashcards
positive symptoms =
any change in behaviour or thoughts, such as hallucinations or delusions
negative symptoms =
when people appear to withdraw from the world around then, take no interest in everyday social interactions, and often appear emotionless and flat.
acute episodes are usually characterized by … symptoms
positive
delusions=
beliefs contrary to reality and firmly held in spite of disconfirming evidence
thought insertion =
person may believe that their thoughts are not their own, but put in by an external source.
thought broadcasting =
person may believe that his or her thoughts are broadcast or transmitted, so that others know what they are thinking
grandiose delusions=
exaggerated sense of their importance/power/knowledge/identity.
ideas of reference =
incorporating unimportant events within a delusional framework and reading personal significance into trivial activities of others.
somatic =
delusional body experiences, bv denken dat er iets mis is met je lichaam
erotomanic =
false belief that someone is in love with them
nihilistic =
rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless.
hallucinations -
sensory experiences in the absence of any relevant stimulation from the environment -> can occur in all modalities but most common in auditory
negative symptoms
behavioural deficits –> detract from reality, you dont experience things the same way as before.
hoe lang blijven negatieve symptomen
these tend to endure beyond an acute episode
avolition =
lack of motivation and a seeming absence of interest in or inability to persist in routine activities (work/school/hobbies)
asociality =
severe impairments in social relationships
anhedonia =
loss of interest in experience of pleasure
2 soorten pleasure (anhedonia)
consummatory pleasure and anticipatory pleasure
consummatory pleasure =
amount of pleasure experienced in the moment
anticipatory pleasure =
amount of expected or anticipated pleasure for future events
in welke soort pleasure hebben mensen met schiz een deficit in
in anticipatory pleasure, maar niet in consummatory pleasure
blunted affect =
lack of outward expression of emotion (stare, motionless muscles, lifeless eyes, flat and toneless voice)
alogia
significant reduction in the amount of speech production
2 domains in which the 5 negative symptoms can be divided
motivation and pleasure domain (motivation, emotional experience, sociality)
expression domain (outward expression of emotion and vocalization)
welke symptomen horen bij motivation and pleasure
avolition
asociality
anhedonia
expression domain
blunted affect
alogia
disorganized speech =
ook wel formal thought disorder
= problems in organizing ideas and in speaking so that a listener can understand (problems in executive functioning)
loose associations/derailment =
onderdeel van disorganized symptoms
= person can be more successful in communicating with a listener but has a difficulty sticking to one topic
Associative looseness often results in vague and confusing speech, in which the individual will frequently jump from one idea to an unrelated one.
disorganized behaviour =
they seem to lose the ability to organize their behaviour and make it conform to communicty standards (unusual clothes, act childlike, silly, hoard food, collect garbage)
3 soorten disorganized behaviour
catatonia
catatonic immobility
waxy flexibility