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