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| What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
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Alogia
Affective
Anhedonia
Avolition (apathy)
Attention
Social Withdrawal |
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restricted thought or speech
reduction in the amount or content of speech
poverty of speech-speaks very little
thought blocking
poverty of content-little info conveyed by client because of vagueness or stereotypical statements
EXAMPLE: pt wouldn't respond |
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Inability to make a decision because of conflicting emotions
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inability to experience pleasure from any activity
decreased activity
hypersomnia |
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lack of motivation/goals
EXAMPLE: poor hygiene, lack of drive, neglecting work/school which causes problems |
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inattention
distractibility |
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Changes in emotions
plat/blunted affect-expressionless
poor eye contact
inappropriate affect-laughing when told something sad |
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| What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia? |
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Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganization (of speech and thinking) |
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| What are hallucinations and what are the types? |
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FALSE SENSORY PERCEPTIONS
auditory-covers ears, talks back to noone
visual-signs in the environment just happening to them
tactile
olfactory-smell
gustatory-taste |
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| Example of delusion of control |
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alien control
that others can control a person's thoughts against their will |
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| The client has delusions that others are out to get or are plotting against him/her |
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| the individual has excessive feelings of importance and power over others |
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| Irrationally thinking that on is being talked about or laughed at by other people: also called personalization |
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others can hear his/her thoughts
"everyone knows my thoughts that's why they are mean" |
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Delusion
someone putting thoughts in my mind without my will |
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the individual has delusions that are fixed on an irrational belief about his or her body
EXAMPLE: emits foul odor from skin, mouth, rectum, vagina
has infestation of insects in or on skin
has internal parasite
has misshapen and ugly body parts
has dysfunctional body parts |
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client believes others are out to get him/her
EXAMPLE: client may be hostile, suspicious and aggressive |
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| What is the third type of positive symptom of schizophrenia? |
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Disorganization (of speach and thinking)
FORM OF THOUGHT |
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| What are examples of disorganization? |
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concreteness
circumstantial tangential
loose associations
impaired logic
distrubances of speech
incoherence
confusion (jumbled thoughts) |
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Concreteness
(concrete thinking-difficulty with abstrations) |
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literal interpretation of environment
regression
can't describe "it's raining like cats and dogs" |
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person never gets to the point of conversation
TANGLED |
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ideas shift from one unrelated subject to another
EXAMPLE: "we wanted to take the bus, but the airport took all the traffic. Driving is the ticket when you want to get somewhere. No one needs a ticket to heaven." |
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Echolalia: repeating words of another person
clang associations: rhyming words that make no sense
neologisms: invented new words
word salad: combination of words in a sentence that have no connection and make no sense |
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