Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia

The (a)   of schizophrenia refers to the process of describing the symptoms of schizophrenia.  

The (a)   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

(a)  

(a)   symptoms are symptoms of schizophrenia that reflect an excess or distortion of normal psychological functioning.  

The (a)   symptoms of schizophrenia are deficits of normal emotional responses, or of other thought processes.

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

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

(a)   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). 

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