schizophrenia symptoms

Question 1

what is schizophrenia?

Answer 1

chronic mental health disorder affecting how people think and feel
symptoms split into positive and negative

Question 2

define positive symptoms of SZ?

Answer 2

• behaviours in addition to normal behaviours
  E.G: delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking

Question 3

What are delusions?

Answer 3

• Fixed & strongly held false beliefs, persistent even with conflicting evidence
• experience of loss of control over mind and body
• not derived from ordinary life experiences
  e.g: erotomanic, nihilistic and grandiosity

Question 4

What is a grandiosity delusion?

Answer 4

Belief that one has exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame

Question 5

What are erotomanic delusions?

Answer 5

Belief that another person is in love with the individual

Question 6

What do nihilistic delusions involve?

Answer 6

Conviction that a major catastrophe will occur

Question 7

What are hallucinations?

Answer 7

• Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus
• sensations that aren’t real can occur in all senses

Question 8

What is the most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia?

Answer 8

Auditory hallucinations, Voices perceived as distinct from the individual’s own thoughts

Question 9

What are tactile hallucinations?

Answer 9

Sensations such as formication, resembling small insects crawling on the skin

Question 10

What types of hallucinations are considered normal?

Answer 10

Hypnagogic = occur while sleeping hypnopompic= while waking up

Question 11

What is disorganized thinking?

Answer 11

• result of abnormal thinking process
• occur mainly through speech :
  derailment= switch from one topic to another
  tangentially= answer may be slightly or complete irrelevant to context

Question 12

What is derailment in disorganized thinking?

Answer 12

Switching from one topic to another

Question 13

What are negative symptoms in schizophrenia?

Answer 13

• Avolition
• alogia
• flat effect
  *anhedonia
• catatonic behaviour

Question 14

define negative symptoms?

Answer 14

• disruption to normal emotions or behaviour often mistaken for depression

Question 15

What is avolition?

Answer 15

• Decrease in motivation
• difficulty beginning or maintaining goals or tasks

Question 16

What is alogia?

Answer 16

word salad
diminished speech output: reduction in amount and quality of speech

Question 17

What is anhedonia?

Answer 17

loss of pleasure from all activities

Question 18

what is catatonic behaviour?

Answer 18

• range from fast repetitive behaviour to no movement at all
• echopraxia= mimicking other
• rigid and unnatural posture