Key words Flashcards
Schizophrenia
A severe mental illness where contact with reality and insight are impaired.
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Symptoms that are experienced in addition to normal experiences.
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Experiences that represent a loss of a usual experience, like motivation.
Hallucinations.
A positive symptom of schizophrenia characterised by sensory experiences of stimuli that are distorted perceptions of reality.
Delusions.
A positive symptom of schizophrenia characterised by beliefs that have no basis in reality.
Speech Poverty.
A negative symptom of schizophrenia characterised by reduced quality of speech.
Co-morbidity.
The occurrence of two illnesses together.
System overlap.
Occurs when two or more conditions share symptoms. This questions the validity of classifying the two disorders separately.
