Symptoms and Features Flashcards
1
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What is meant by ‘positive symptoms’?
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- Including a new addition of a behaviour than an individual did not have before
2
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What is meant by ‘negative symptoms’?
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- A removal/loss of a behaviour from the normal behaviour
3
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What are some examples of positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
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- Hallucinations
- delusions
- paranoid thinking
- Racing thoughts
- disordered thinking
4
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What are some examples of negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
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- low motivation
- decrease speech
- loss interest of life
- social withdrawl
- lack of insight
5
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What are delusions?
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- beliefs that are contrary
6
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What are grandiose delusions?
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- the individual believes they had remarkable qualities such as being famous or having special powers
7
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What are perseuctory delusions?
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- the individual reports believing that others are out to get them and trying to harm them in some way.
8
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What are refrential delusions?
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- the individual holds a belief that certain behaviours or language from others is being directed them persoanlly.
9
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What is avolition?
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- psychological state characterised by a general lack of motivation to complete, unusual, self-motivated ativities such as work.
10
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What is thought insertion?
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- when a person believes their thoughts do not belong to them and have implanted by an external source.
11
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What are hallucinations?
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- Perceptual experiences that occur in the absence of external stimulation of the corresponding sensory organ.
12
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What is catatonia?
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- Various motor disturbances characterised by abnormality of movement and behaviour.
13
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What is Diminished emotional expressions?
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- Characterised by the patient showing less and less emotion in their general use of non-verbal communication, such as eye contact.
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What is gross disorganized behaviour?
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- characterised by fidgeting, childish messing about or dressing bizarrely.
15
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What is disorganised thinking/speech (formal thought disorder)?
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- inferred from a person’s speech which may be characterised by derailment.
- The person may switch from one topic to another and jumble seemingly related ideas, making it difficult to follow their trail or thought.
