The diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia 2

DSM-V requires __________ for a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

• one positive and one negative symptom
• two negative symptoms
• one positive symptom

A positive symptom of schizophrenia is ___________.

• speech poverty
• delusions
• avolition

A positive symptom of schizophrenia is ___________.

• avolition
• hallucinations
• speech poverty

A negative symptom of schizophrenia is ___________.

• delusions
• hallucinations
• avolition

A negative symptom of schizophrenia is ___________.

• delusions
• hallucinations
• speech poverty

Experiencing distortions of reality is what kind of symptom?

• Non-existent
• Negative
• Positive

An example of speech poverty is ____________.

• producing lots of words
• disorganised sentences
• fluent language with no pauses

An example of avoiltion is ____________.

• maintaining good personal hygiene
• not maintaining personal hygiene
• not maintaining others’ personal hygiene

An example of an tactile hallucination is __________.

• feeling something that isn’t there
• hearing something that isn’t there
• seeing something that isn’t there

When psychiatrists disagree over diagnosis of the same symptoms ____________.

• co-morbidity is low
• reliability is low
• validity is high