Schizophrenia

Question 1

Outline 2 sub-types of Sz

Answer 1

• Paranoid 35-40% (have delusions eg paranoia, grandiosity and auditary hallucinations)
• Catatonic (immobility, involuntary movements and grimacing

Question 2

Outline clinical characteristics of Schizophrenia

Answer 2

• disintegration of the personality/split between thinking and emotion
• 2 classification systems - DSM (western) and ICD (nonwestern)
• characteristics present for at least 6 months
• positive symptoms = delusions, paranoia and auditory hallucinations
• negative symptoms = catatonia, alogia
• subtypes - catatonic (immobility, involuntary movements)