Schizophrenia and psychosis

Question 1

what is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

severe and enduring form of psychosis. Loss of contact with reality

Question 2

DSM-5

Answer 2

delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech, grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour

Question 3

positive symptoms

Answer 3

• hallucinations
• delusions
• disorganised speech

Question 4

negative symptoms

Answer 4

• flattened effect (flat mood)
• anhedonia
• apathy
• alogia

Question 5

alogia

Answer 5

negative thought disorder

Question 6

anhedonia

Answer 6

inability to experience plesure

Question 7

cognitive deficits

Answer 7

• often present before onset of psychotic symptoms
• may have developmental role
• include poor insight, impaired attentional processes, memory deficits

Question 8

hallucinations

Answer 8

false sensory experiences e.g., visual, somatic, auditory, olfactory

Question 9

auditory hallunications

Answer 9

when sufferers are experiencing auditory hallucinations there is neural activity in brain regions involved in speech generation and perception of sounds

Question 10

Delusions

Answer 10

usually involve a misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences and become fixed beliefs that are not amendable to change in light of contradictory evidence

Question 11

effects of psychosis

Answer 11

• social withdrawal
• preoccupation with personal world
• often difficult to maintain/obtain a job
• high incidence of homelessness