diagnosis and classification

Question 1

what is schizophrenia

Answer 1

serious mental disorder that affects 1 percent of the population with symptoms interfering with every day tasks

Question 2

what are positive symptoms and give two examples

Answer 2

additional experiences to ordinary life
hallucinations
delusions

Question 3

what is a hallucination

Answer 3

unusual sensory experience that have no basis in reality

Question 4

what is a delusion

Answer 4

known as paranoia
irrational beliefs that have no basis in reality making people act in bizarre ways

Question 5

what is a negative symptom and name 2

Answer 5

atypical experience that involve loss of usual abilities
speech poverty and avolition

Question 6

what is speech poverty

Answer 6

reduced quality of speech and frequency

Question 7

what is avolition

Answer 7

loss of motivation to carry out tasks
low motivation
aka apathy

Question 8

what are the two classification systems

Answer 8

world health organization uses ICD-10
americans use the DSM-5

Question 9

according to the dsm what do you need to be diagnosed with sz

Answer 9

a positive symptom

Question 10

according to the icd what do you need to be diagnosed with sz

Answer 10

2 or more negative symptoms

Question 11

what is a strength of diagnosis and classification

Answer 11

RELIABILITY- has consistency
has good inter/test-retest relability
asorio et al 2019 had scores of .92 and .97
can assure consistant diganosis

Question 12

limitations of diagnosis and classification

Answer 12

co-morbidity- 2 conditions diagnosed together so hard to classify symptoms+symptom overlap
culture bias- hearing voices seen as message but also sz, discrimination

Question 13

issues and debates with diagnosis and classification

Answer 13

gender bias
men more diagnosed due to women being less vunerable as they have closer relationships so they function better, leading to them being underdiagnosed