Lesson 2: Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 1

What is meant by positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 1

abnormal behaviours that have been added to an indivuduals’ personality due to the development of the schizophrenia.

Symptoms were not present when the individual was healthy

Question 2

What is meant by negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 2

The REDUCTION or LOSS of normal functioning due to the development of schizophrenia.

The person loses the ability to do certain things due to having schizophrenia

Question 3

Give examples of positive symptoms of schizophrenia (halluctionations)

Answer 3

Auditory hallucinations
Visual hallucinations
Olfactory hallucinations
Tactile hallucinations

Question 4

What is meant by Olfactory hallucinations

Answer 4

type of hallucination whereby a patient may smells things that do not exist

Question 5

What is meant by tactile hallucinations

Answer 5

type of hallucination whereby a patient may feel things that are NOT present

Question 6

State positive symptoms of schizophrenia (delusions)

Answer 6

delusions of grandeur
delusions of persecution
delusions of reference

Question 7

what is meant by delusions of grandeur

Answer 7

type of delusion whereby the patient believes they are someone POWERFUL/IMPORTANT e.g God

Question 8

What is meant by delusions of reference

Answer 8

type of delusion whereby a patient may believe that objects,songs or events have a PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE that relates directly to them

Question 9

State positive symptoms of schizophrenia (disorganised speech)

Answer 9

Derailment
Neologisms
Word salad

Question 10

What is meant by derailment

Answer 10

individual has trouble organising their thoughts and this is translated through disorganised speech

Question 11

What is meant by neologisms

Answer 11

patiens may make up new words that do not exist and use these words in sentences

Question 12

What is meant by word salad

Answer 12

patients might string random words together to try make a sentence

Question 13

State NEGATIVE symptoms of schizophrenia
(Hint: DAAS)

Answer 13

Deficit syndrome
Avolition
Affective flattening
Speech poverty

Question 14

What is meant by deficit syndrome

Answer 14

when a patient has experienced two (or more) negative symptoms for 12 months-> cognitive deficits

Question 15

What is meant by avolition

Answer 15

reduced interest to initiate in GOAL DIRECTED behaviour

Question 16

What is meant by speech poverty

Answer 16

Speech is lessened in terms of fluency and productivity

Question 17

What is meant by affective flattening

Answer 17

restricted ability to respond to respond to environmental stimuli

Question 18

State NEGATIVE symptoms of schizophrenia
(Anhedonia)

Answer 18

Anhedonia- lack of interest in almost all activities

Physical Anhedonia- inability to experience physical pleasure

Social Anhedonia- inability to experience pleasure from interacting with others