schizophrenia

Question 1

what is schizophrenia

Answer 1

-type of psychosis in which cognition and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with reality

Question 2

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 2

1. hallucinations
2. delusions
3. disorganised speech
4. grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour

Question 3

what is a positive symtom

Answer 3

an excess or distortion of normal functions

Question 4

negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 4

1. speech poverty (alogia)
2. avolition
3. affective flattening
4. anhedonia

Question 5

what is a negative symptom

Answer 5

reduction or limitation of normal function

Question 6

hallucinations - explanation or types

Answer 6

-bizarre, unreal perceptions of the environment that are not present
-can be auditory, visual, olfactory (smell) or tactile

Question 7

delusions - explanation and types

Answer 7

-bizarre, false beliefs that seem real to the person
-can be paranoid, delusions of grandeur or delusions of reference

Question 8

disorganised speech - explanation

Answer 8

-problems organising their own thoughts eg. slipping from one topic to another or being so incoherent that their speech sounds like gibberish (word salad)

Question 9

grossly disorganised behaviour - explanation

Answer 9

-inability or lack of motivation to initiate a task or complete it once its started, leading to difficulties in daily living eg. decreased interest in personal hygiene or dressing in bizarre ways like wearing heavy clothes in summer

Question 10

catatonic behaviours - explanation

Answer 10

-reduced reaction to the immediate environment
-rigid (often bizarre) postures
-aimless motor activity