Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia

The _________________ of schizophrenia refers to the process of describing the symptoms of schizophrenia.  

The __________________ of schizophrenia refers to the process through which a psychiatrist decides that a person does/doesn’t have schizophrenia 

Which one of the following statements is true? 

• Systems of classification allow for the diagnosis of schizophrenia 

• Diagnosis of schizophrenia allows for the classification of schizophrenia 

• Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia mean the same thing 

• Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia are unrelated concepts 

Name one system of classification for schizophrenia

____________________symptoms are symptoms of schizophrenia that reflect an excess or distortion of normal psychological functioning.  

The ______________ symptoms of schizophrenia are deficits of normal emotional responses, or of other thought processes.

A ___________________ is a sensory experience of stimuli that have either no basis in reality or are distorted perceptions of things that are there. 

A ___________________ is a bizarre belief that seems real to the person with schizophrenia but is at odds with reality. 

____________________is a reduction of interests or desires, as well as an inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed behaviour. 

What symptom of schizophrenia is characterised by either a reduction in the amount of speech and/or a reduction in the quality of speech (meaning a person may speak the normal amount, but their speech doesn’t convey much information).