Psychotic Diagnosis - Schizophrenia Flashcards
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What are the two main types of symptoms of schizophrenia?
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Positive symptoms and negative symptoms
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Give one example of a psychotic disorder
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Schizophrenia
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What are positive symptoms?
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Delusions
Auditory hallucinations (hearing voices)
Thought disorder
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What are the negative symptoms?
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They are named because they are considered to be the loss or absence of normal characteristics such as losing emotional responses, inability to feel pleasure when nice things happen, and a lack of motivation.
