SZ features and symptoms Flashcards
What is schizophrenia? (8)
-LT mental disorder
-Breakdown between thought emotion and beh (splitting of cog)
-faulty perception, inapp actions, withdrawal
-delusions
-mental fragmentation
-can’t distinguish real and not
-can’t function normally
-psychosis
What is a feature?
-Factual pieces of info abt disorder eg stats. frequency, who, where
What are the 9 features of SZ?
-SZ is splitting of cognition from emotion. Split mind
-SZ found in every culture. 1% of population. percentages differ, 1.4-1.6 per 1000.
-SZ most common mental disorder, all cultures recognise. Anxiety and depression more common, not all recg
-DSM4 = 5 types of SZ (paranoid, catatonic) DSM5= got rid of all (undifferentiated). ICD10=7 types
-SZ common in poor areas. Environmental stresses, trigger disorder, urban areas
-SZ more common and sev in men: men 18-25, w 25-35.
-SZ in children <13 rare. usually adolescence to 20s. hard to recognise in early phases
-Can’t be cured. 15% need help for rest of life. more than half free of sympt
-Two categories:pos and neg sympt
What are the studies that support the differences in gender for SZ? (3)
-Lacono and Beiser, found more common and severe in men
-Lewine. males onset 14-25, women 24-35
-Goldstein: women less hosp stays and less severe
What is a symptom?
-Indiv’s behaviour
-What they do
-Specific to the person with that disorder
What are the two types of symptoms of SZ?
-Negative: behaviour missing. Before pos symtp & diagnosis (pro-domal period)
-Positive: additional to typical beh. greater weight. focus on pos to diagnose. cultural diffs. hard to measure
What are the 4 positive symptoms of SZ?
-Delusion
-Though insertion
-Hallucinations
-Cataleptic stupor
What are the 8 negative symptoms of SZ?
-Poverty of speech
-Flattening of affect/emotion
-Social withdrawal
-Apathy
-Echolalia
-Disordered thinking/speech
-Anhedonia
-Cataleptic stupor
Delusion (4)
*can name in qu
-Diff types (grandeur, persecution, referential)
-Strong belief even tho evidence it is false
-Believe radio giving coded message.
-Believe they are famous, genius, some unrecognised talent
Thought insertion
-Outside forces placing thoughts in their head
-Type of delusion
-EG radio putting thoughts in head about alien invasion
-links to thought withdrawal and thought broadcasting (others can hear)
Hallucinations
*can name in question
-Strong sensations of events only real to them
-Believe they can hear/smell/taste/touch/see.
-Eg smell fire
-Must be when awake
Cataleptic stupor
*pos and negative
-negative: rigidness, lack response, sit still in odd positions, refusing to speak
-positive: fidgeting, continued movements, foot tapping.
Poverty of speech
-cog symptom, can’t process info.
-only speech when prompted
-limited response
-how did you feel when mom yelled ‘bad’
Flattening of affect
-lack emotional expression
-apathetic facial expression
-no change in voice
-limited emotions in sad or exiciting situations
-great news - no smile
Social withdrawal
-Avoid family and friends
-not going out
