KEY WORDS SCHIZOPHRENIA
WORD
Schizophrenia
Positive Symptoms
Delusions of persecution
Delusions of grandeur
Affective Flattening
Alogia
Negative Symptoms
Paranoid Type
Disorganised Type
Catatonic Type
Undifferentiated Type
Residual Type
Delusions
Hallucinations
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Hallucinations
Catatonic Type
Undifferentiated Type
Alogia
Positive Symptoms
DEFINITION
A severe psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality,
disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
The addition of psychotic behaviours
If someone has a persecution complex, they suffer from the feeling that
other people are trying to harm them.
the belief that you are more important or powerful than you really are
Inexpressive face, including a flat voice, lack of eye contact, and blank or
restricted facial expressions.
Inability to carry a conversation; short and sometimes disconnected
replies to questions; speaking
The absence of normal behaviours
Marked primarily by delusions that follow a theme, like persecution or
grandeur. Auditory hallucinations may accompany a delusion and are,
therefore, usually related to its theme. Symptoms common to other
subtypes, like disorganized speech and flattened affect, are not usually
prominent in episodes of paranoia, but anger, irritability, and extreme
anxiety are. People suffering from these type of delusions become
particularly preoccupied with them and may be especially prone to
violence.
Marked by disorganized speech, behaviour, and flattened affect is
particularly disruptive. Also known as hebephrenic schizophrenia often
features fragmented speech and inappropriate or unexpected behaviour
that does not reflect ideas expressed verbally. Strange mannerisms,
gestures, and surprising behaviour are common. This type of
schizophrenia typically causes significant dysfunction in daily life, selfcare, and interaction with others, as well as notable thought disturbance
and loss of goal-directed behaviour.
A form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed
state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of
extreme excitement
The type given to a lack of catatonia, paranoia, or disorganized speech.
A type of schizophrenia that is diagnosed when positive symptoms like
delusions, hallucinations, and grossly disorganized behaviour has
disappeared. Negative symptoms remain and may be interrupted only
briefly by mildly disorganized speech or strange behaviour. When
delusions or hallucinations occur, even if infrequently, they are not
serious enough to cause severe dysfunction.
When someone believes something that is not true.
When you see, hear, feel or smell something which does not exist, usually
because you are ill or have taken a drug.
6. Schizophrenia
11. Residual Type
7. Paranoid Type
12. Disorganised Type
8. Delusions of Persecution
13. Jealousy
9. Delusions of grandeur
14. Affective Flattening
10. Negative Symptoms