schizophrenia Flashcards
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schizophrenia
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a severe mental disorder where contact with reality and insight are impaired , an example of psychosis
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positive symptoms of schizophrenia
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atypical symptoms experiences in addition to normal experiences, they include hallucinations and delusions
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hallucinations
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- positive symptom
- sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there
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delusions
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- positive symptom
- involve beliefs that have no basis in reality, eg they are being followed by fbi or that they’re god
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negative symptoms
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atypical experiences that represent the loss of a usual experience such as clear thinking or ‘normal’ levels of motivation
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speech poverty
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involves reduced frequency and quality of speech
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avolition
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involves loss of motivation to carry out tasks and results in lowered energy levels
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co-morbidity
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the occurrence of two disorders/conditons together
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symptom overlap
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occurs when two or more conditions share symptoms
