symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 1

define positive symptoms

Answer 1

those that appear to reflect an excess of normal functions.

Question 2

give two examples of positive symptoms

Answer 2

hallucination and delusions

Question 3

describe hallucinations

Answer 3

unreal perceptions of the environment

Question 4

describe what is meant by delusions

Answer 4

bizarre beliefs that seem real to the person experiencing them, but they are not.

Question 5

give an example of a type of delusion

Answer 5

delusions of grandeur

Question 6

what is meant by catatonic behaviour?

Answer 6

aimless motor activity and a rigid posture

Question 7

is disorganised speech positive or negative?

Answer 7

it is a positive symptom

Question 8

describe disorganised speech

Answer 8

it is the result of abnormal thought processes where the individual has problems organising their thoughts which shows through their speech- word salad.

Question 9

what is meant by grossly disorganised behaviour?

Answer 9

the inability to initiate a task and bizarre behaviour

Question 10

define negative symptoms

Answer 10

those that appear to reflect a reduction of normal function

Question 11

give two examples of negative symptoms

Answer 11

avolition and speech poverty

Question 12

what is meant by speech poverty?

Answer 12

lessening of speech fluency reflecting blocked speech- an individual may produce fewer words.

Question 13

describe avolition

Answer 13

a reduction of interest and desire to do tasks and activities that have an end goal.

Question 14

define affective flattening

Answer 14

a reduction in the range and intensity of emotional expression.

Question 15

define anhedonia

Answer 15

loss of pleasure and lack of reactivity to normally pleasurable stimuli.

Question 16

will every schizophrenic experience all of these symptoms?

Answer 16

no, not all patients will.