Schizophrena- Diagnosis and classification

Classification of schizophrenia

• The classification of a mental disorder is the process of organising symptoms into categories based on symptoms
• 2 major systems of classification: The World Health Organisation's International Classification of Disease edition 10 (ICD) and the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Edition 5 (DSM)

Positive Symptoms: (added to behaviour)

• Hallucinations: sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there. eg - voices talking to the sufferer
• Delusions: Involve beliefs that have no basis in reality - irrational. eg - believing to be an important historical, political or religious figure such as the queen

Negative Symptoms: (taken away from…