schizophrenia symptoms and features

Question 1

what is sz

Answer 1

sz is a psychotic disorder characterised by a profound disruption of cognition and emotions

Question 2

6 features of sz

Answer 2

• about 50% of sz have times with/without symptoms
• episodes of psychosis tend to appear between ages of late adolescence to mid 30s
• males usually have symptoms earlier
• people with psychosis earlier tend to get it worse
• men tend to be in hospital more often
  most chronic and disabling of the mental illness 1% of pop

Question 3

how many symptoms do you need for a sz diagnosis

Answer 3

2 or more symptoms for at least a month

Question 4

what is a positive symptom

Answer 4

something is added to your behaviour

Question 5

what are negative symptoms

Answer 5

something is taken away from your behaviour

Question 6

what are the negative symptoms of sz 6

Answer 6

• lack of energy
• social withdrawal
• flatness of emotion
• not looking after self
• lack of pleasure
• speaking little

Question 7

state the positive symptoms of sz

Answer 7

• thought insertion
• movement disorder
• disordered thinking
• paranoid delusions
• delusion of grandeur
• delusions of persecution
• hallucinations

Question 8

what is thought insertion

Answer 8

a person believes their own thoughts have been put there by someone else

Question 9

what is movement disorder

Answer 9

agitated movements, repetition of movements over and over again

Question 10

what is disordered thinking

Answer 10

when the individual finds it hard to put their thoughts into logical sense

Question 11

what are paranoid delusions

Answer 11

the belief someone is against them/ trying to harm them