Types of Schizophrenia Flashcards
What are the two most widely used systems of classification and diagnosis?
The ICD and DSM
What is the difference
ICD recognises that there are different types of schizophrenia, but DSM - V sees schizophrenia as a whole
Which system is used in this topic, globally?
The ICD
The ICD breaks schizophrenia into five subtypes, what are these groups called?
1* Disorganised schizophrenia
2* Catatonic schizophrenia
3* Paranoid schizophrenia
4* Undifferentiated schizophrenia
5* Residual schizophrenia
What is involved when an individual has disorganised schizophrenia?
What are the symptoms of disorganised schizophrenia?
What stage of life is disorganised schizophrenia usually diagnosed in?
When an individual has disorganised schizophrenia, their behaviour is disorganised and not goal oriented
Symptoms include: thought disturbances (delusions + hallucinations), absence of expressed emotins, incoherent speech, large mood swings and loss of interest in life - social withdrawal
Disorganised schizophrenia is usually diagnosed in adolescent adulthood
What is catatonic schizophrenia?
What is the behaviour of patients with catatonic schizophrenia?
What is the main feature of catatonic schizophrenia?
Catatonic schizophrenia is a diagnosis reached when an individual has severe motor abnormalities
Sometimes the individual will repeatedly gesture something, using complex sequences of finger, hand and arm movements. These only have meaning to them
The main feature of catatonic schizophrenia is the individual may become completely immobile for hours at a time, with the patient simply staring blankly
What is paranoid schizophrenia?
What is the behaviour of an individual that has paranoid schizophrenia?
Paranoid schizophrenia is when an individual experiences many delusions of various kinds
The individuals remains emotionally responsive and compared to other patients with other types of schizophrenia, this individual is more alert.
Tends to be argumentative
`What is undifferentiated schizophrenia?
Undifferentiated schizophrenia is a broad category, which includes patients who do not clearly belong within any other category. This is because they show symptoms of schizophrenia but do not fit into the other types
What is residual schizophrenia?
What level would you describe their symptoms as being?
Residual schizophrenia is a category that describes people who have had an episode of schizophrenia in the past 6 months and exhibit some symptoms, these are not strong enough to merit putting them into the other categories
This category consists of other patients who are experiencing mild symptoms
What is a danger to people with schizophrenia that can prevent them from getting treatment?
People with schizophrenia may not realise they are ill and can refuse treatment when they actually need it
What happens when individuals with schizophrenia refuse treatment when they actually need it?
Individuals can be admitted to hospitals against their will and given treatment without their consent under the mental health act
What is the Act that has been passed that helps people with schizophrenia when they are a danger to themselves or others?
The Mental Health Act
