Classification & Diagnosis of Schizophrenia 4.0 / 5 based on 14 ratings ? PsychologySchizophreniaA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Charlotte O'GradyCreated on: 06-12-12 17:57 What is Schizophrenia? A severe mental disorder, characterised by a disruption in cognition and emotion. Affecting sense of self, perception, speech and thought. 1 of 12 What are the FOUR positive symptoms of Sz? (A01) Hallucinations, Experience of Control, Delusions, Disordered thinking. 2 of 12 What is a hallucination? (A01) A bizarre unreal perception of the environment. (auditory, visual, olfactory and tactile) 3 of 12 What is 'Experience of Control'? (A01) Believing that you are under control of aliens or another type of force. 4 of 12 What is a 'Delusion'? (A01) Bizarre beliefs that seem real to the individual. Paranoid possibly. 5 of 12 What is 'Disordered thinking'? (A01) Thinking that thoughts have been inserted or withdrawn from the mind. Thought disorder. 6 of 12 What are the THREE negative symptoms of Sz? (A01) Avolition, Alogia, Affective Flattening. 7 of 12 What is 'Avolition'? (A01) Inability/reduction of goal directed behaviour. (eg: sitting on the sofa all day) 8 of 12 What is 'Alogia'? (A01) Poverty of speech. Reflects slow or blocked thoughts. 9 of 12 What is Affective Flattening? (A01) Reduction in the range of emotional expressions. 10 of 12 How is an individual diagnosed with Sz under the DSM? (A01) Must have at least 1 month of two or more positive symptoms (HEDD) 11 of 12 In 1980, the DSM was revised in order to allow... Psychiatrists to have a more reliable classification system, fixing inter-rater reliability. 12 of 12
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