Schizophrenia

Question 1

what is schizophrenia

Answer 1

a complex and severe mental disorder that distrupts a person’s thoughts, emotions, and perceptions of reality

Question 2

% of the population the schizophrenia affects worldwide

Answer 2

1%

Question 3

when does schizophrenia display its first signs

Answer 3

late adolescence or early adulthood

Question 4

when is sz diagnosed

Answer 4

DSM-5 requires at least 2/4 key symptoms

one must be delusions, hallucinations or disorganised speech or negative throughts

after at least 1 month of symptoms

experienced disturbance to every day functioning for at least 6 months

Question 5

what are the 2 types of symptoms

Answer 5

positive and negative

Question 6

define symptom

Answer 6

physical or mental characteristics that a person presents with to the doctor

Question 7

define negative symptom

Answer 7

symptoms where normal functioning is no longer present

a reduction or absence of normal thoughts, emotions and behaviours

Question 8

examples of negative symptoms

Answer 8

social withdrawal

flatness of emotion

lack of energy

Question 9

define positive symptoms

Answer 9

characterised by an excess of normal thoughts, perceptions or behaviours

Question 10

hallucinations

Answer 10

where someone has sensory sensations of things that do not exist outside their mind

e.g. hearing voices

Question 11

disordered thinking

Answer 11

disturbance in how thoughts are organised and expressed

may lead to people expressing themselves in unusual ways when speaking or writing

Question 12

thought insertion

Answer 12

a person thinks their thoughts are being put there by someone else

Question 13

delusions

Answer 13

false beliefs that remain even when shown not to be true or logical

Question 14

three main types of delusions

Answer 14

paranoid delusion, delusions of grandeur and delusion of persecution

Question 15

paranoid delusion

Answer 15

believes someone is trying to mislead, manipulate or kill them

Question 16

delusions of grandeur

Answer 16

believe they are in a position of power or possess special powers, such as to cure cancer

Question 17

delusion of persecution

Answer 17

thinking that others are trying to harm them, spying or plot against them

Question 18

psychosis is a feature of sz, what is it?

Answer 18

separation from reality

Question 19

which groups are more likely to develop schizophrenia

Answer 19

people experiencing social problems,npoverty, unemployment, homelessness

Question 20

how many more times likely are people with sz to kill themselves - Duerr (2013)

Answer 20

adolescents with psychotic symptoms are 70x more likely to attempt suicide

Question 21

average life expectancy for someone with sz

Answer 21

10 years

Question 22

what percentage of people who have had an sz episode recover and do not get another?

Answer 22

25%

Question 23

what percentage of people with sz have it continually

Answer 23

25%

Question 24

what percentage of people with sz have periods of symptoms and recovery

Answer 24

50%

Question 25

5 types of sz

Answer 25

paranoid, disorganised, catatonic, residual, undifferentiated

Question 26

undifferentiated sz

Answer 26

describes those who fit into more than one subtype of sz

Question 27

residual sz

Answer 27

a person who had been previously diagnosed with sz and no longer experiences prominent symptoms (such as hallucinations and delusions) but still experienced symptoms such as a flattened effect, psychomotor difficulties and disturbed speech

Question 28

disorganised sz

Answer 28

disorganised behaviours and nonsensical speech in the absence of hallucinations and delusions

Question 29

catatonic sz

Answer 29

excessive movement (catatonic excitement) or decreased movement (catatonic stupor)

people experiencing one of these may not react to stimuli, remain in strange body positions or make odd movements

other symptoms: mutism, mimicking words and actions

Question 30

paranoid sz

Answer 30

frequent visual and auditory hallucinations

preoccupation with one or more delusions

behavioural impairment, disorganised speech, trouble concentrating