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Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER- -delusions and hallucinations, thought and
speech disturbances, catatonia
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia (9) - ANSWER- -flat affect
alogia - can't think/talk
avolition - loss of motivation
apathy - lack of caring
angergia - little to no energy
anhedonia - little to no pleasure
asociality - social isolation
attention deficits
anosognosia - denial of the illness
hallucinations - ANSWER- -false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the
absence of an external visual stimulus
(auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory)
illusions - ANSWER- -misperceptions of real external stimuli
derealization - ANSWER- -situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the
external world
, Depersonalization - ANSWER- -nonspecific feeling of lost identity
Delusion - ANSWER- -false belief (conspiracies)
Echolalia - ANSWER- -meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words.
exhopraxia - ANSWER- -mimicking the movements of another
word salad - ANSWER- -jumbled words
neogolism - ANSWER- -made up words
associative looseness - ANSWER- -illogical thinking
clang associations - ANSWER- -meaningless rhythmic patterns
waxy flexibility - ANSWER- -maintenance of posture or position over time even when it is
awkward or uncomfortable
Stupor - ANSWER- -a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
What neurotransmitters are associated with Schizophrenia? - ANSWER- -Dopamine,
Serotonin and Glutamate
Phases of Schizophrenia: Prodromal Phase - ANSWER- -pre-psychotic phase of illness