schizophrenia

Question 1

what is waxy flexibility?

Answer 1

psychomotor symptom of catatonia which leads to a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture.

Question 2

what is mutism

Answer 2

an absence or reduction of speech, either voluntary or avolitional

Question 3

what is stupor

Answer 3

inability to speak, respond, or even move

Question 4

what are schindler’s 1st rank symptoms

Answer 4

BADS Made VIA

Broadcasting, insertion and withdrawal of thought

Auditory hallucinations
Thought echo – thoughts spoken aloud (echo de la pensee)
3rd person arguing – 2 or more voices arguing about the patient: “He’s a bad man.” “No, he’s good!”
Commentary – “he is folding his arms now”

Delusional perception (i.e. taking a normal sensory perception to mean a bizarre situation such as taking seeing an aeroplane as indicating that the president has been shot)

Somatic passivity / delusions of control

Made:
Volition – someone controlling the action, usually completed act
Impulses – someone controlling the desire to act
Affect – someone controlling mood/affect

Question 5

how is schizophrenia diagnosed according to ICD 10?

Answer 5

One clear symptom out of:

1) thought echo, insertion, withdrawal, broadcasting
2) delusions of control, influence, passivity, delusional perception
3) hallucinatory voices of a running commentary, 3rd person hallucinations
4) persistent delusions of other kinds that are culturally inappropriate and completely impossible

OR at least 2 of the following symptoms:

1) hallucinations with delusions
2) thought disorder
3) catatonic symptoms
4) -ve symptoms

Question 6

what are the different types of schizophrenia

Answer 6

1) paranoid
2) hebephrenic
3) catatonic
4) undifferentiated
5) residual
6) post schizophrenic depression