What is schizophrenia?

Question 1

What does schizophrenia mean?

Answer 1

Severe mental disorder where contact with reality and insight are impaired and example of psychosis

Question 2

what are 4 symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 2

1. hallucinations= perceiving things around us that are not real. include 5 senses
2. delusions= irrational beliefs about the world. people with delusion still hold on to belief despite having evidence to contradict it.
3. avolition= persistent lack of motivation to compete normal everyday task.
4. speech poverty= minimal speech only says little words or don’t speak at all.

Question 3

What are positive and negative symptoms?

Answer 3

positive = added on to their daily lives such as hallucinations and delusions

negative= taken away from their daily lives such as avolition and speech poverty.