Schizophrenia

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Define Schizophrenia

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Characterised by a loss of contact with external reality and abnormal thinking and perceptions. For example ~ hearing things that have been ‘self-generated’, do not actually exist, and being unaware that what is being perceived is unreal.

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What is Schizophrenia?

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Psychotic disorder

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What are POSITIVE SYMPTOMS?

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Positive are those that are experiences that happen in addition to normal experience.

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Positive symptom: Delusions

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Eg. A fixed, false belief that is held with absolute certainty despite contradictory evidence.

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Delusion: Persecution

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Eg. Someone is out to ‘get’ them.

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Delusion: Reference

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Eg. TV newsreader is sending secret messages specifically to them.

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Delusion: Control

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Eg. Aliens are controlling their thoughts

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Delusion: Grandeur

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Eg. God has selected them for a special mission

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Delusion: Thought Broadcasting

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Eg. Other people are ‘reading’ their thoughts

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Delusions: Thought insertion

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Eg. Someone is putting unwanted thoughts into their mind.

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Positive symptom: Hallucinations

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Sensations and perceptions that are not received from the environment but from the person’s own mind. All senses can hallucinate.

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Hallucination: Critical hallucination

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Persistent, negative, derogatory commentary on their behaviour personal qualities - eg. You’re are useless, a loser