schizophrenia symptoms

Question 1

what is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

psychotic disorder ( psychosis means loss of contact with reality). making it difficult for a person to function because their ability to perceieve,process and respond is impaired. marked by periods of remission w/o symptoms and relapse w symptoms

Question 2

what is positive symptoms

Answer 2

strange and bizarre additions to normal behaviour

Question 3

what is negative symptoms

Answer 3

loss or absence of normal characteristics

Question 4

what are cognitive symtopms?

Answer 4

issues to do with info processing

Question 5

+ve symptoms: delusions

Answer 5

false/bizarre beliefs persist even in presence of disconfirming evidence
- delusions of reference others behaviour directed at them
- delusions of grandeur false impression of ones importance
-delusions of persecution plotted against
thought insertion- thoughts have been implanted by another
thought broadcasting- others can hear thoughts

Question 6

how are cultural differences relevant to delusions

Answer 6

reflect predominant themes and values of a persons culture eg delusions of sainthood, Americans being spied on

or see it has spiritual exaltation in india= spirit median, in african cultures believe they can communicate with ancestors leading to different diagnosis

Question 7

+ve symptoms: hallucinations

Answer 7

perception of stimuli that isnt present visual, auditory or olfactory
most commonly hearing voices/ running commentary

Question 8

+ve symptoms: disordered thinking/speech

Answer 8

underlying issues with conscious thoughts that can affect lang eg may lead to neologisms or word salad where theres loose associations in thoughts where one idea triggers another

Question 9

+ve symptoms: abnormal motor behaviour/grossly disorganised

Answer 9

inc catatonia- agitated movements over and over again, or c means not moving

Question 10

-ve symptoms examples

Answer 10

lack of energy, social withdrawal, flatness of emotions, not looking after self, lack of pleasure and speaking little

Question 11

eval of +ve symptoms

Answer 11

may be hard to measure as not directly observable
cross-cultural diagnosis is hard as cultural diff are present

Question 12

eval of -ve symptoms

Answer 12

objective measure are directly observable as its based on behaviours
less affected by cultural differences

Question 13

cognitive symptoms

Answer 13

difficulties concentrating and paying attention
problems with working memory
difficulties with executive functioning and decision making