Diagnosis And Classification

Question 1

What is classification?

Answer 1

The grouping of disorders on the basis of clusters of characteristics and symptoms.

Question 2

What is diagnosis?

Answer 2

The process of deciding what mental disorder a person is suffering based on their clinical characteristics and symptoms

Question 3

Explain what is meant by positive symptoms in schizophrenia

Answer 3

Positive symptoms appear to reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions.
An example of positive symptoms in schizophrenia is experiencing delusions.

Question 4

What are delusions?

Answer 4

They are bizarre beliefs that seem real to the person with schizophrenia, however they are not actually real.
They can be paranoid in nature for example believing that there are hidden cameras around your home.
Often schizophrenics believe that someone is following them or spying on them