Conditions

Question 1

What are Schneider’s first rank symptoms?

Answer 1

Second person auditory hallucination
Thought disorders (withdrawal, insertion, broadcast, echo)
Passivity
Somatic passivity
Delusional perception

Question 2

What are the positive symptoms in schizophrenia?

Answer 2

Hallucinations

Delusions

Question 3

What are the negative symptoms in schizophrenia?

Answer 3

Poverty of speech
Flat affect
Poor motivation
Social withdrawal
Lack of concern for social conventions

Question 4

What are the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia?

Answer 4

First rank symptom or two second rank symptoms
At least one month
Rule out drugs, brain pathology or affective disorder.

Question 5

What are the causes of schizophrenia?

Answer 5

Genetic (50% monozygotic)
Neurodevelopmental injury
Cannabis (interplay with COMT)
Socio-economic deprivation
Families with high expressed emotion