Module 6: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Flashcards
The development of _________ symptoms marks the formal onset of the first episode of schizophrenia
psychotic symptoms
Many argue that schizophrenia is a…
recent disorder
What factors were speculated to have been involved in the sudden and escalating emergence of schizophrenia in modern life?
increasing industrialization, the movement of people to cities from towns and countryside, and environmental changes
Other people argue that specific schizophrenia symptoms were not recorded in the earlier times because people viewed…
mental disorder differently
Who was the first to put negative symptoms together with positive symptoms?
Emil Kraepelin
Positive (psychotic) symptoms include:
Exaggerated and distorted adaptations of normal behaviour.
Include the more obvious signs of psychosis: delusions, hallucinations, though & speech disorder, catatonic behaviour
Negative symptoms include:
The absence or loss of typical behaviours and experiences
May take the form of sparse speech, and language, social withdrawal, avolition
Anhedonia
Diminished attention/concentration
What is the most common form of hallucinations?
Auditory
Persecutory delusions
Individuals believe that they are being pursued or targeted for sabotage, ridicule, or deception
** “paranoid” delusions
Referential delusions
Belief that common, meaningless occurrences have significant and personal relevance
Somatic delusions
Beliefs related to the patient’s body
Religious delusions
The belief that biblical or other religious passages or stories offer the way to destroy or save the world
Delusions of grandeur
A belief in divine or special powers that can change the course of history or provide a communication channel to God
Research suggests that hallucinations develop from a…
misattribution of sensory experience
Avolition
The inability to initiate and persevere in activities
Aka ‘apathy’
