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what is schizophrenia? - answer schizophrenia is ONE type of psychosis
with disturbed thought, language, and behavior
what symptoms classify schizophrenia? - answer NEED AT LEAST 2:
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or
catatonic behavior, & negative symptoms. MUST OCCUR FOR AT LEAST 6
MONTHS
what are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia? - answer delusions
which include delusions of grandeur or persecution and hallucinations
what are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia? - answer
absence/insufficiency of normal behavior which include:
avolition (apathy): inability to initiate & persist in activities
asociality: severe impairments in social relationships
alogia: relative absence of speech
affective flattening: show little expressed emotion, but may still feel
emotion
what are the disorganized symptoms of schizophrenia? - answer severe &
excess disruptions in speech & behavior; can include:
tangentiality: not answering a question directly
loose association or derailment: person switches from one topic to another
neologisms: made up words & phrases, clang associations (say words b/c
they rhyme), & word salads (jumble of nonsensical words)
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