Schizophrenia- Year 2

Question 1

What is a positive symptom of scz?

Answer 1

Atypical symptoms experienced in addition to normal experiences, including hallucinations and delusions.

Question 2

What are hallucinations?

Answer 2

Positive symptom. Sensory experiences of stimuli that have no basis in reality or distorted perceptions of things that aren’t actually there.

Question 3

What are delusions?

Answer 3

Positive symptom. Involves beliefs that have no basis in reality.

Question 4

What are negative symptoms?

Answer 4

Atypical experiences representing loss of usual experience like clear thinking or “normal” levels of motivation.

Question 5

What is speech poverty?

Answer 5

Negative symptom. Reduced frequency and quality of speech.

Question 6

What is avolition?

Answer 6

Negative symptom. Loss of motivation to carry out tasks. Results in lowered activity levels.

Question 7

What is co-morbidity?

Answer 7

Two illnesses or conditions experienced together, e.g. having both scz and personality disorder, where two are classified together frequently, causes us to question the validity of classifying separately.