Schizophrenia Part 1 - Diagnosis & Classification

Question 1

Positive symptoms

Answer 1

Change in thoughts and behaviour (additional experience).

E.g. hallucinations, delusions, disorganised speech

Question 2

Hallucination

Answer 2

Unusual sensory experience (commonly auditory)

Question 3

Delusions

Answer 3

Irrational beliefs (commonly believed to be being controlled)

Question 4

Disorganised speech

Answer 4

“World salad” (struggle to speak coherently)

Question 5

Negative symptoms

Answer 5

Withdrawal from the world

Question 6

Speech poverty

Answer 6

Reduces speech quality

Question 7

Avolition

Answer 7

No goals

Question 8

Diminished Emotional Expression

Answer 8

“Flat effect” - unchanging facial expression

Question 9

Co-morbidity

Answer 9

SIMULTANEOUS PRRESENCE of 1 or more medical conditions in a patient

Question 10

Symptom Overlap

Answer 10

Extent to which symptoms of one disorder are present in another disorder

Question 11

Tactile hallucination

Answer 11

Touch

Question 12

Auditory hallucination

Answer 12

Hearing sounds

Question 13

Olfactory

Answer 13

Smell

Question 14

Gustatory

Answer 14

Taste

Question 15

Study - ROSENHAN: BEING SANE IN INSANE PLACES

Answer 15

SAMPLE: 8 ‘pseudo-patients’
METHOD: Participant observation
RESULT: All but 1 ppt diagnosed

Question 16

Type I error

Answer 16

False positive
ROSENHAN: psychiatrists were over cautious when diagnosing

Question 17

Type II error

Answer 17

ROSEHAN: psychiatrists were under cautious due to the previous study