SCHIZOPHRENIA: Key Terms Flashcards
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Avolition
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The reduction, difficulty of inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed behaviour, often mistaken for apparent disinterest
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Delusions
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Firmly jlep erroneous beliefs that are caused by distortions of reasoning or misinterpretations of perceptions or experiences
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Hallucinations
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Distortions or exaggerations of perception in any of the senses, usually auditory hallucinations
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Negative symptoms
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Appear to reflect a dimunition or loss of normal functioning
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Positive symptoms
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Appear to reflect an excess or distortion of normal functioning
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Schizophrenia
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A type of psychosis characterised by a profound disruption of cognition and emotion
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Speech poverty
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The lessening of speech fluency and productivity, which reflects slowing or blocked thoughts
