symtoms

Question 1

what is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

it is a serious mental disorder characterised by severe disruptions in psychological functioning and a loss of contact with reality

Question 2

what is schizophrenia NOT caused by?

Answer 2

•inadequate parenting
•overzealous mothers
•poor family relations
•it is not split personality

Question 3

what is the chance of someone developing schizophrenia?

Answer 3

1/100

Question 4

what does acute and chronic onset mean?

Answer 4

acute: the rapid onset of symptoms
chronic: slow onset of symptoms

Question 5

what is one of the issues surrounding the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia?

Answer 5

•there is no agreement as to what schizophrenia is

Question 6

what are the two types of symptoms proposed?

Answer 6

positive and negative symptoms

Question 7

what are positive symptoms and who proposed them?

Answer 7

•they are atypical symptoms experienced in addition to normal experiences
•they add something to the personality
•Schneider

Question 8

what are negative symptoms and who proposed them?

Answer 8

•atypical symptoms that represent the loss of a usual experience (like clear thinking or motivation)
•they take away from the personality
•kraeden

Question 9

what are the broad positive symptoms?

Answer 9

•thought control
•delusions of control, influence and passivity
•hallucinatory voices
•other persistent delusions

Question 10

what are the aspects of thought control?

Answer 10

•thought withdrawal
•thought insertion
•thought broadcast

Question 11

what is thought withdrawal?

Answer 11

thoughts are being extracted from the persons mind

Question 12

what is thought insertion?

Answer 12

unwelcome thoughts are being inserted into the persons mind

Question 13

what is thought broadcast?

Answer 13

private thoughts have become accessible to other people

Question 14

what is delusions of control, influence and passivity?

Answer 14

a delusion is a distorted belief. the individual does not believe that they are in control of their own thoughts, feelings and will (making things happen)

Question 15

what are hallucinatory voices?

Answer 15

these are voices that do not exist, but feel real to the person hearing them

Question 16

what are other persistent delusions?

Answer 16

these are distorted beliefs that are culturally inappropriate or involve impossible powers or capabilities (eg believing themselves to be great politicians or religious leaders)

Question 17

what are the broad negative symptoms?

Answer 17

•persistent hallucinations
•incoherent or irrelevant speech
•catatonic behaviour
•other negative symptoms

Question 18

what are persistent hallucinations?

Answer 18

all other hallucinations that aren’t voices in your head, they may be accompanied by delusions
they are perceptions without the sensation

Question 19

what is incoherent or irrelevant speech?

Answer 19

•this arises when a persons train of thought is disrupted and the persons speech becomes jumbled
•they often have a word salad (mixing words up) and speak using neologisms

Question 20

what is catatonic behaviour?

Answer 20

it refers to unusual body movements and includes odd postures, uncontrolled limb movements and sometimes complete frozen immobility

Question 21

what are other negative symptoms?

Answer 21

•apathy and general lack of drive and motivation
•avolition, flattening of effects (inappropriate emotional responses given the context)
•social withdrawal
•loss of personal hygiene