Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia Flashcards

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What is schizophrenia?

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A type of psychosis, a severe mental disorder in which thoughts and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

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What are positive symptoms?

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Symptoms which reflect an excess or distortion of normal functioning e.g. hallucinations and delusions

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What are negative symptoms?

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Symptoms which reflect a loss of normal functioning e.g. Speech poverty and avolition

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What are hallucinations?

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Sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there.

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What are delusions?

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Erroneous beliefs that hold no basis in reality

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What is speech poverty (alogia)?

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The lessening of speech fluency and productivity, which reflects slowing or blocked thoughts

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What is avolition?

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Loss of motivation to carry out tasks, resulting in lowered activity levels

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