Schizophrenia

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a severe mental illness where contact with reality and insight are impaired
schizophrenia
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the process of organising symptoms into categories based on which symptoms cluster together in sufferers
classification of mental disorder
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atypical symptoms experience in addition to normal experiences
positive symptoms
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a positive symptom. they are sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no bias in reality or are distorted perceptions of real life
hallucinations
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a positive symptom. they involve beliefs that have no bias in reality
delusions
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atypical experiences that represent a loss of a usual experiences
negative symptoms
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a negative symptom. it involves reduced frequency and quality of speech
speech poverty
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a negative symptom. it involves the loss of motivation to carry out tasks
avolition
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the occurrence of two illnesses or conditions together, for example a person could have both schizophrenia and depression
co-morbidity
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this occurs when two ormolu conditions share symptoms, which may cause confusion as to what disorder a patient has
symptom overlap
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the process of organising symptoms into categories based on which symptoms cluster together in sufferers

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classification of mental disorder

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atypical symptoms experience in addition to normal experiences

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a positive symptom. they are sensory experiences of stimuli that have either no bias in reality or are distorted perceptions of real life

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a positive symptom. they involve beliefs that have no bias in reality

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