Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder involving breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion and behaviour.
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Negative symptoms (type 2)
Symptoms that take away from an individual's experience, ie disorganised speech.
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Positive symptoms (type 1)
Symptoms in addition to normal experiences, ie hallucinations.
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Hallucinations
Sensory experiences that have no basis in reality.
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Delusions
Beliefs that are maintained despite being contradictory to rational argument.
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Grandiose delusion
Belief that an individual has special powers or abilities.
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Persecutory delusion
Belief that other people are out to harm them in some way.
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Referential delusion
A belief that people/objects are sending messages to the individual personally. ie a radio broadcast is talking to them directly.
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Disorganised thinking/speech
Difficulty making sense/connections in speech leading to incomphrensible speech.
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Abnormal Motor Behaviour
Unusual movement.
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Avolition
Lack of motivation.
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Card 2

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Symptoms that take away from an individual's experience, ie disorganised speech.

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Negative symptoms (type 2)

Card 3

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Symptoms in addition to normal experiences, ie hallucinations.

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Card 4

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Sensory experiences that have no basis in reality.

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Card 5

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Beliefs that are maintained despite being contradictory to rational argument.

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