Diagnosis and classification Flashcards
What is schizophrenia?
A type of psychosis, a severe mental disorder in which thoughts and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
What are positive symptoms?
Symptoms which reflect an excess or distortion of normal functioning.
What are negative symptoms?
Symptoms which reflect a loss of normal functioning.
What are 2 positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Hallucinations and delusions.
What are 2 negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
Speech poverty and avolition.
What are hallucinations?
Sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there but seem true to the individual
What are delusions?
Erroneous beliefs that hold no basis in reality.
What is speech poverty?
The lessening of speech fluency and productivity, which reflects slowing or blocked thoughts.
What is avolition?
Loss of motivation to carry out goal directed behaviour and tasks, resulting in lowered activity levels.
What are delusions of grandeur?
A false impression of one’s own importance.
What did Andreason (1982) identity as signs of avolition?
Poor hygiene and grooming, lack of persistence in work or education, lack of energy.
