Schizophrenia Diagnostic Criteria

Which of the following is a defintion of positive symptom of schizophrenia?

• A group of mental disorders that involve a major break from reality.

• hallucinations, delusions, catatonia, disordered thinking/speech

• addition of abnormal behaviour

• absence of normal behaviour

Which of the following is a defintion of negative symptom of schizophrenia?

• A group of mental disorders that involve a major break from reality.

• flat affect, lack of facial expressions, lack of speech, avolition, social withdrawal, anhedonia

• addition of abnormal behaviour

• absence of normal behaviour

Who is most often diagnosed with schizophrenia in their early to mid 20s?

• men

• women

The patient in Aneja's case study was diagnosed with...

• late onset schizophrenia

• very early onset schizophrenia

• very late onset schizophrenia

• early onset schizophrenia

The ICD-11 diagnostic criteria will be affected by differences in cultural norms between different countries.

• True

• False

Aneja's case study is mainly...

• idiographic

• nomothetic

The ICD-11 diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia are mainly...

• idiographic

• nomothetic

The results of Freeman's study are mainly...

• idiographic

• nomothetic (but the interview comments are idiographic)

Freeman's study is assessing the effectiveness of using traditional clinical interviews to measure levels of persecutory ideation

• True

• False

It is easy to standardise the VR scenarios between Freeman's participants

• True

• False