Diagnosis of schizophrenia

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    • What is schizophrenia?
      A thought process and disorder that is characterised by a disruptions of perceptions, emotions and beliefs
    • What are positive symptoms?
      An addition or distortion to normal functions such as hallucinations, delusions and jumbled speech
    • What are negative symptoms?
      The reduction or loss of normal functions such as speech poverty and a lack of emotions
    • What is the DSM?
      A way of diagnosing schizophrenia mainly used in the US that has no subcategories
    • What is the ICD?
      A way of studying schizophrenia mainly used in the UK that has many subtypes to categorise people into
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