Symptoms And Features Of Schiz

Question 1

What percentage of people does schizophrenia affect and how common is it between men and women?

Answer 1

1% and is equally common between both genders

Question 2

When does schizophrenia begin in men and women

Answer 2

Mid 20’s for men and early 30’s for women

Question 3

What are the 6 types of schizophrenia

Answer 3

Paranoid, disorganised, catatonic, residual and undifferentiated

Question 4

What does diagnosis of schizophrenia by the DSM require

Answer 4

1/2 months of positive symptoms

Question 5

Give 4 examples of positive symptoms

Answer 5

Hallucinations- seeing or hearing things that don’t exist

Delusions- false beliefs
Disordered thinking- failing to think straight, not being able to concentrate on one thought

Thought insertion- patient thinks their thoughts have been put there by someone else

Question 6

Give 4 examples of negative symptoms

Answer 6

Social withdrawal- no longer socially interacts
Lack of energy- no motivation
Flatness of emotions- face is emotionless and voice is dull
Poor appearance- fails to look after themselves

Question 7

Give a strength of postive symptoms

Answer 7

Have greater weight when diagnosing schizophrenia

Question 8

Give a negative of positive symptoms

Answer 8

More subjective and difficult to measure empirically

Question 9

Give 2 strengths of negative symptoms

Answer 9

Less affected by cultural differences and can be measured more objectively

They are more easily monitored than positive symptoms