Psychotic Disorders: Schozophrenia Flashcards
1
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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
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Positive = in addition
Delusions
Auditory hallucinations
Disorganised speech
2
Q
Negative symptoms is schizophrenia ?
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Negative symptoms= withdrawn
Losing emotional responses
Inability to feel pleasure
Lack of motivation
Disorganised aspect
3
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DSM-IV classification of schizophrenia
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Two or more of the following
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganised speech and behaviour
Negative symptoms
+ social occupational dysfunction, at least 6 months, no other explanation e.g. Medicine, developmental disorders
4
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ICD-10 Classification of schizophrenia
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Persistent hallucinations and delusions
Hallucinatory voices
Delusions of control
Incoherence/irrelavent speech
5
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What is psychosis
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General term for disorders that involve less of contact with reality
