Schizophrenia:
Schizophrenia is a syndrome which may include a range of symptoms in individuals including positive, negative, and cognitive.
Positive: psychotic symptoms are added to someone, that don’t usually exist
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Disorganised behaviour
- Disorganised speech
- Catatonic behaviour
Negative mental symptoms are taken from someone
- a seeming lack of interest in the world
- not wanting to interact with other people (social withdrawal)
- an inability to feel or express pleasure (anhedonia)
- an inability to act spontaneously
- decreased sense of purpose
- lack of motivation (avolition)
- not talking much
- difficulty speaking due to disorganized thinking (alogia)
Negative physical symptoms are taken from someone
- an inexpressive or blank face (flat affect)
- monotone or monosyllabic speech
- lack of gesturing when communicating
- lack of eye contact
- physical inactivity
Cognitive: are changes in the way your mind functions
- disorganized thinking
- slow thinking
- difficulty understanding
- poor concentration
- poor memory
- difficulty expressing thoughts
- difficulty integrating thoughts, feelings and behaviour
Schizoaffective Disorder:
Schizoaffective disorder is having a combination of schizophrenia (cognitive disorder) and bipolar or depression (mood disorders)
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What is Schizoaffective Disorder?
