P1- Schizophrenia And Its Classification Systems

Question 1

What is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder where contact with reality and insight are impaired; it usually develops in late adolescence or early adulthood.

Question 2

What do the classification of mental disorders depend on?

Answer 2

The classification of mental disorders is the process of organising the symptoms into categories depending on which cluster together in a sufferer.

Question 3

What are the two major classification systems? And examples

Answer 3

They are two major classification systems: the ICD-11 and DSM-5, which both differ in their classification of Schizophrenia. For example, in the DSM-5, one of the positive symptoms must be present whereas in the ICD-11, two or more negative symptoms must be present for diagnosis.