Schizophrenia Symptoms






DSM-5-TR Descriptions/Sections DSM-5-TR Terms Symptoms Name that Delusion
What is a "mental disorder"
According to the DSM-5-TR, this term describes a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in and individuals cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processing underlying mental functioning.
What is flat or blunted affect
Rose has a vacant stare. She answers questions in an apathetic , monotone voice, and shows no emotion, even when discussing her mother's death.
What is an "hallucination"
This symptom involves perceiving sensory stimuli that aren't really present.
What is a "grandiose delusion"
Belief that he or she has exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame
What is "Adjustment Disorder"
Associated with transition, the criteria for this disorder include abnormal and excessive reaction to an identifiable life stressor, the reaction is more severe than would normally be expected, and can
result in significant impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
What is the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
Used since 2015, this is the DSM-5-TR's official coding system used in the United States
What is "affect"
This is a pattern of observable behaviors that is the expression of a subjectively experienced feeling state (emotion)
What is a "syndrome"
This term describes a collection of symptoms and signs which take place in a recognizable pattern
What is a "erotomanic delusion"
Believes falsely that another person is in love with him or her.
What is "Acute Stress Disorder"
Although similar to posttraumatic stress disorder, the development of symptoms only last from 3 days to 1 month following exposure to one or more traumatic events
What is the Principle Diagnosis
When more than one diagnosis is given for an individual in a mental health setting, this term describes the reason for the visit and is the main focus of treatment
What is "poverty of speech" or "logia"
A common symptom of schizophrenia,. this problem occurs when a person's speech is very minimal and typically must be prompted.
What is a "symptom"
This term describes a client's subjective report of an abnormality.
What is a "persecutory delusion"
Considered the most common delusion, this is the belief that one is going to be harmed, harassed, and so forth by an individual, organization, or other group
What is "Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Although not considered an official DSM-5-TR diagnosis, this refers to the mental and emotional injury caused by encounters with racial bias and ethnic discrimination, racism, and hate crimes 
What is the Differential Diagnosis
This discusses how to identify one disorder from other disorders that have some similar presenting characteristics.
What is "agnosia"
This term describes an individual's loss of ability to recognize objects/persons/sounds/shapes/smells that occur in the absence of either impairment of the specific sense or significant memory loss.
What are "compulsions"
Repetitive behaviors or thoughts that the person feels compelled to perform to prevent distress or a dreaded event.
What is a "referential delusion"
Belief that certain gestures, comments, environmental cues, and so forth are directed at oneself
What is "Hoarding Disorder"
Difficulty of discarding possessions results in the accumulation of a large number of possessions that congest and clutter active living spaces of the home or workplace to the extent that their intended use is compromised unless others intervene (family members, cleaners, authorities).
What is "Diagnostic Features'
This section provides descriptive text illustrating the use of the criteria and includes key points on their interpretation.
What is "labile affect"
This term describes the abnormal variability in client's affect with repeated, rapid, and abrupt shifts in affective expression.
What is "clanging"
Using words in a sentence that are linked by rhyming or phonetic similarity. The words rhyme, but do not make sense used together.
What is a "nihilistic delusion"
Conviction that a major catastrophe will occur.
What is "Trichotillomania"
Causing clinically significant distress, this disorder involves recurrent pulling out of one’s hair, resulting in hair loss, while repeated attempts to decrease hair pulling are unsuccessful
What are examples of "Neologisims"
“I got so angry I picked up a dish and threw it at the geshinker.”
“This desk is a cramstile”
“He’s an doodiebutt-head”
She is a "cockadoodie."


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