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Schizophernia

.1 Explain the general symptoms of paranoid-type schizophrenia.

Signs and symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia may include:

•                Auditory hallucinations, such as hearing voices

•                Delusions, such as believing a co-worker wants to poison you

•                Anxiety

•                Anger

•                Aloofness

•                Violence

•                Verbal confrontations

•                Patronizing manner

•                Suicidal thoughts and behavior


2. Explain the general symptoms of disorganized-type schizophrenia.

         Active, but in an aimless and not constructive way

         Bizarre and inappropriate emotional responses

         False, fixed beliefs (delusions)

         Inability to feel pleasure

         Inappropriate grinning and grimacing

         Lack of emotion and motivation

         Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations)

         Silly behavior


3. Explain the general symptoms of catatonic-type schizophrenia.




•                delusions

•                hallucinations

•                disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence)

•                grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior

•                negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition

4. Identify three positive symptoms of schizophrenia.


 exaggeration or distortions of normal thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Includes delusions, hallucinations, or thought disorders.

5. Identify three negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

 reduction or absence of  normal thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Includes fatten affect, alogia, or avolition.


6. What is the difference between an hallucination and a delusion?


 Delusions are false or erroneous beliefs that usually involve a misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences. Their content may include a variety of themes.

Hallucinations are false actions that the victim experiences with all of his or her senses and thinks they are real because they experienced something that never happened.

7. Identify three cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia.




difficult maintaining attention

memory problems

difficulty planning and structuring activities

lack of insgiht

8. Describe the symptom of avolition.




will not start or complete important tasks

lack in desire

lack in motivation

lack in persistence

9. Describe the symptom of catatonia.



Rigid body

Motionless body

Repetitive behavior

Repetitive movements

Negativism

Catalepsy

Unusual posture




10. Define and give an example of a delusion of grandeur.

delusional conviction of one's own importance, power, or knowledge or that one is, or has a special relationship with, a deity or a famous person.




11.Define and give an example of a delusion of reference.




a delusional conviction that ordinary events, objects, or behaviors of others have particular and unusual meanings specifically for oneself.

12. Define and give an example of a somatic delusion.

A delusion whose content pertains to bodily functioning, bodily sensations, or physical appearance. Usually the false belief is that the body is somehow diseased, abnormal, or changed. An example of a somatic delusion would be a person who believes that his or her body is infested with parasites.

The Basics of Schizophrenia