Sz- Symptoms and features

Question 1

What are symptoms?

Answer 1

Subjective experiences reported by the individual that cannot be observed

Question 2

What is Sz?

Answer 2

A psychotic disorder characterised by postive symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations and disorganised thinking, speech and movement. Negative symptoms may also be present e.g. lack of emotion or speech

Question 2

What are features?

Answer 2

Information about prevalence, age of onset, gender difference, prognosis etc

Question 3

What is thought insertion?

Answer 3

Believing one’s thoughts have been implanted by an external source

Question 4

What are hallucinations?

Answer 4

Perceptual experiences which do not correspond with reality

Question 5

What are delusions?

Answer 5

Fixed beliefs that are resistant to change and implausible to people of the same cultural background

Question 6

What is disordered thinking?

Answer 6

Jumbled and unrelated thoughts leading to incoherent speech

Question 7

How many symptoms (out of 4) does the DSM-5 to be diagnosed with Sz?

Answer 7

2

Question 8

To be diagnosed with Sz, what must one of the symptoms be?

Answer 8

Delusion, hallucinations or disorganised speech/thought

Question 9

What ages does Sz appear in females?

Answer 9

Late 20s

Question 10

What ages does Sz appear in males?

Answer 10

Early 20s

Question 11

Who has poor prognosis in Sz?

Answer 11

Males
Females are over- presented in late onset cases (40+)

Question 12

What percentage of clinicians said they lacked confidence in their diagnosis of Sz using the ICD-10?

Answer 12

3.8%

Question 13

Why is it not easy to diagnose Sz?

Answer 13

It shares symptoms with various other disorders.
E.g halluciantions and PTSD

Question 14

What is a problem with identifying disordered thinking linking to cutltural difference?

Answer 14

It can be difficult if the client is from a different cultural background from the psychiatrist.
E.g. may see conventions as a sign of disorganised thinking