schizophrenia

Question 1

what is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

• a complex and severe mental disorder that disrupts a person’s thoughts, emotions and perceptions of relaity
• affects approximately 1% of the world population
• 1/4 of people with schizophrenia have it continuously with no breaks
• first signs are often displayed in late adoolescence or early adulthood

Question 2

living with schizophrenia:

Answer 2

• individuals may struggle with maintaining relationships, employment and daily acitvities
• stigma surrounding mental illness adds another layer of difficulty

Question 3

when is schizophrenia diagnosed?

Answer 3

• the DSM-5 requires atleast 2/4 key symptoms, where one must be delusions hallucinations or disorganised speech or negative symptoms
• a diagnosis of schizophrenia will not be made until the person has experience one month of active symptoms and expeiened disturbance to everyday functioning for atleast 6 months

Question 4

positive symptoms

Answer 4

any changes in behaviours or thoughts, such as hallucinations, though insertions, disorganised thoughts and delusions

Question 5

negative symptoms

Answer 5

symptoms that schizophrenia TAKES AWAY from your experience of the world
- speech problems
- loss of emotions
- lack of emtions
- social withdrawal

Question 6

what are three types of delusions?

Answer 6

• delusions of grandieur - a false impression of one’s own importance, such as believing they’re a god
• delusions of precaution - when you’re convinced that someone is mistreating, conspiring against, or planning to harm you or your loved one
• paranoid delusions - reflects profound fear and array along with the inability to determine was is real or fake

Question 7

cognitive deficits

Answer 7

a type of negative symptom that involves the loss (deficit) or a mental ability:
- memory loss(amnesia)
- attention deficitincludes beingdistracted
- planning difficultiesincludeproblems thinking about the future
- poor decision-makingis linked toavolition

Question 8

types of schizophrenia:

Answer 8

• paranoid - suspicious of others, hallucinations and delusions of grandieur
• disorganised - speech is hard to follow and there are innapropriate mood swings, no hallucinations
• catonic - someone is withdrawn and isolated, there is not a lot of movement
• residual - low levels of positive symptoms, but psychotic symptoms are present
• undifferentiated - when they don’t fit into any other type of schizophrenia