Schizophrenia Flashcards
Define schizophrenia.
Psychotic disorder marked by severely impaired thinking, emotions and behaviours
Schizophrenic patients are typically unable to filter…
Sensory stimuli
What do positive symptoms of schizophrenia do?
State some examples of this.
Enhance typical experiences of suffers, occurring in addition to their noemi experiences
Hallucinations, delusions
What do negative symptoms of schizophrenia do?
State some examples of this.
Take away from typical experiences of sufferers. representing loss of experiences
Speech poverty, abolition
Define avolition.
Reduction in interests, desires, goals
Inability to cope with normal pressures and motivations associated with every day living
What is a similarity of the DSM and ICD?
Both require persistence of symptoms for at least a month
What is a difference between the DSM and the ICD?
DSM has a more specific diagnostic criteria, whilst the ICD takes a broader approach to diagnosis
