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Schizophrenia
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
