SCHIZOPHRENIA Flashcards
1
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What are examples of positive symptoms of SZ?
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- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Disorganised thinking
2
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What are examples of negative symptoms of SZ?
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- Avolition
- Alogia (speech poverty)
- Flattening of affect
3
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What is avolition?
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A reduction or inability to initiate or engage in goal-directed behaviours. E.g. an individual may sit in their home doing nothing
4
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What is alogia (speech poverty)?
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Where person loses ability to speak fluently and is believed to occur due to slowing or blocked thoughts
5
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What is affective flattening?
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Reduction in range of emotional expressions e.g. tone of voice, facial expression
6
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What are hallucinations?
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False perceptions that can affect the different senses. E.g hearing voices (auditory), seeing faces or objects (visual)
7
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What are delusions?
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Irrational beliefs about themselves or the world i.e. delusions of grandeur ‘president or celebrity’
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