T3 L3: Schizophrenia clinical features Flashcards
1
Q
What is the difference between neurosis and psychosis?
A
Neurosis: anxiety disorders. depressive disorders, OCD, adjustment disorders, somatisation disorders
Psychosis: Organic, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, depressive psychosis
2
Q
What is organic psychosis?
A
Psychoses attributed to identifiable brain diseases
3
Q
What is depressive psychosis?
A
When the symptoms of depression are so severe that the person develops psychosis
4
Q
What is psychosis?
A
Loss of boundaries with reality and loss of insight with primary features of delusions and hallucinations
5
Q
What does prodrome mean?
A
The symptoms leading up to an episode
