Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders: Classic Symptoms

Question 1

________________ are false beliefs that are firmly held despite what almost everyone else believes or the existence of contradictory evidence.

Answer 1

Delusions.

Question 2

In Schizophrenia, delusions are often:

(Hint: 3 types)

Answer 2

• Persecutory
• Referential
• Bizarre

Question 3

_________________ are “perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus.

Answer 3

Hallucinations.

Bonus: Auditory hallucinations are the most common, often taking the form of pejorative/threatening voices or a running commentary on the person’s actions.

Question 4

_________________________ is usually inferred from the individual’s speech, and involves a loosening of associations manifested as incoherence, irrelevant answers or comments, and slipping off track between topics.

Answer 4

Disorganized thinking.

Question 5

______________________________ can take several forms including unpredictable agitation, markedly disheveled appearance, clearly inappropriate sexual behavior, or catatonia.

Answer 5

Grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior.

Question 6

______________________ involve a restriction in the range of and intensity of emotions and other functions, and include blunted emotional expression, anhedonia, asociality, alogia, and avolition.

Answer 6

Negative symptoms.