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Symptoms Of Schizophrenia Flashcards

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What are 2 types of symptom of schizophrenia

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  1. Positive

2. Negative

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What are 4 positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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  1. Delusions
  2. Hallucinations
  3. Disorganised speech
  4. Abnormal motor behaviour
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What are delusions

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Firmly held beliefs that are fixed and involve a misinterpretation of perceptions

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What are 4 examples of delusions

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  1. Persecutory - believe they are being spied on and in danger
  2. Grandiose - believe they are powerful, wealthy or have exceptional abilities
  3. Control - believe their thoughts and feelings are being controlled by someone else
  4. Reference - believe external events are making reference to them
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What are 2 examples of hallucinations

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  1. Auditory

2. Visual

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What are auditory hallucinations

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Usually voices e.g commentating, conversing or telling them what to do

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What is an explanation of auditory hallucinations

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Activation of areas in the brain to do with speech generation and perception of sounds when hearing voices

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What are hallucinations

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A sensory experience where an individual can see, hear, smell or feel something that is not there

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What are visual hallucinations

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Seeing something that is not there

Can take different forms e.g seeing a person that is not there or seeing a colour that is not there

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What is an explanation for hallucinations

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Have a reality monitoring and self monitoring deficit

Can’t distinguish between what occurred and what did not

Can’t distinguish between thoughts they generated themselves and thoughts others generated

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What is disorganised thinking

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Inferred from speech

Speech is not the same as a person without schizophrenia, is hard to follow and insensible

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What are 4 examples of disorganise thinking

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  1. Derailment
  2. Word salads
  3. Clanging
  4. Neologisms
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What is derailment

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Drift quickly between topics of conversation

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What is word salads

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Language is so disorganised that there is no link between phrases

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What is clanging

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Speech is driven by word sounds e.g rhyming

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What is a neologism

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Made up words

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What is abnormal motor behaviour

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Can be childlike or inappropriate

Can be unpredictable

Can be catatonic

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What is catatonic behaviour

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Decrease in reactivity and maintaining rigid

Resist being moved

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What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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Decrease in normal functioning

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What are 4 examples of negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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  1. Affective flattening
  2. Avolition
  3. Alogia
  4. Anhedonia
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What is affective flattening

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Limited range of emotional expressions

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What is avolition

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Inability to carry out normal everyday goal oriented tasks

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What is alogia

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Lack of verbal fluency, giving short replies to questions

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What is anhedonia

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Inability to react to enjoyable events

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What are the 3 stages of psychotic symptoms

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  1. Prodromal
  2. Active
  3. Residual
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What is the prodromal stage of schizophrenia

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A slow deterioration of normal functioning e.g withdrawing from social life, deterioration of personal care and work or school performance

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What is the active stage of schizophrenia

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Begin to show symptoms of schizophrenia, e.g hallucinations or delusions

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What is the residual stage of schizophrenia

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Stops showing positive symptoms

May still have negative symptoms

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What are 4 schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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  1. Delusional disorder
  2. Schizophrenia
  3. Brief psychotic disorder
  4. Schizoaffective disorder
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What is delusional disorder

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Have persecutory + grandiose delusions

Apart from delusions, normal functioning

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What is brief psychotic disorder

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Sudden onset of positive symptoms within 2 weeks of emotional turmoil

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What is schizophrenia

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Range of positive and negative symptoms affective all functioning

Lasting for at least 6 months

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What is schizoaffective disorder

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Show symptoms of schizophrenia as well as a mood episode that reflects either depression or mania

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