Hallucinations and negative symptoms

Question 1

Hallucinations

Answer 1

Sensory experience in the absence of any relevant stimulation form the environment. mostly auditory. Most between persons own thought and voice of someone else. Broca’s area is active

Question 2

Negative symptoms

Answer 2

Deficits in motivation, pleasure, social closeness and emotional expression. Take away from reality. Continue beyond acute episode

Question 3

Avolition (apathy)

Answer 3

Lack of motivation and seeming absence of interest in or an inability to persist in what are usually routine activities

Question 4

Asociality

Answer 4

Severe impairments in social relationships

Question 5

Anhedonia

Answer 5

Los of interest in the experience of pleasure. Two domains:
Consummatory pleasure: In the moment like eating
Anticipatory pleasure; expected pleasure from future event (Mostly this)

Question 6

Blunted affect

Answer 6

Lack of outward expression of emotion. Person may stare vacantly, motionless face, lifeless eyes. Flat toneless voice and unaffected

Question 7

Alogia

Answer 7

Significant reduction of amount of speech

Question 8

Disorganised symptoms

Answer 8

speech: Problems with organising ideas: Fleat of ideas, hak op de tak
Behavior: Loss of ability to organise behavior. Catatonia (gesturing and increased motor activity.)