NOT DONE Diagnosis of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

A severe mental health condition where contant with reality and insight are impaired

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Atypical symptoms experienced in addition to common experiences like hallucinations and delusion

Delusions

A positive symptom

Beliefs that have no basis in reality e.g. a person believes that they are someone else or that they are a victim of a conspiracy.

Hallucinations

A positive symptom

Sensory experiences that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there.

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Atypical experiences that represent the loss of a common experience like a loss of clear thinking or a loss of motivation.

Avolition

A negative symptom

Loss of motivation to carry out tasks which results in lowered activity levels

Speech poverty

A negative symptom

Reduced frequency and quality of speech

Co-mobordity

The occurance of 2 conditiosn together e.g. schizophrenia and a personality disorder at the same time.

In cases where 2 conditions are frequently diagnosed together it calls into question the validity of classifying the conditions separately.

Symptom overlap

Occurs when 2 or more conditions share symptoms.

Calls into question the validity of classifying the 2 conditions separately

Culture bias

A tendency to interpret all phenomena through the lens of ones’s own culture, ignoring the effects that cultural differences might have on behaviour

Gender bias

Psychological research or theory may offer a view that does not justifiably represent the experience and behaviour of men or women.

Bias

A tendency to treat one individual or group in a different way than others