Symptoms
The schizophrenic symptoms are categorized under two spectrums: positive symptoms and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms refer to cognitive symptoms that normally should not be associated with the individual. Examples of positive symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganization, unusual speech and abnormal motor behaviours (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 89).
Schizophrenic delusions are categorized by many sub-delusional acts, which are known to be fixed beliefs that are usually non-realistic and cannot be changed into a realistic perspective. Two examples of delusions are persecutory and erotomanic delusions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 86).
Persecutory delusions, which is known to be the most common type of schizophrenic delusions occurs when an individual believes that they are going to be in danger by another individual, organizations, and/or group (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 86). For example, a schizophrenic may convince him/herself that they are being followed by the government; the targeted person they believe who is following them, is accused of being a spy. Erotomanic delusions is a false belief that someone of a higher status than the schizophrenic individual is in love with him/her. A …show more content…
The individual may go through periods of switching topics frequently between conversations (also known as derailment or loose association), inability to properly answer questions with irrelevant and confusing answers (known as tangentiality). Although this symptom is common and considered normal with a diagnosis in schizophrenia, some cases become abnormally rare when the individual’s speech capacity is severely incoherent (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.
The schizophrenic symptoms are categorized under two spectrums: positive symptoms and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms refer to cognitive symptoms that normally should not be associated with the individual. Examples of positive symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganization, unusual speech and abnormal motor behaviours (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 89).
Schizophrenic delusions are categorized by many sub-delusional acts, which are known to be fixed beliefs that are usually non-realistic and cannot be changed into a realistic perspective. Two examples of delusions are persecutory and erotomanic delusions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 86).
Persecutory delusions, which is known to be the most common type of schizophrenic delusions occurs when an individual believes that they are going to be in danger by another individual, organizations, and/or group (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 86). For example, a schizophrenic may convince him/herself that they are being followed by the government; the targeted person they believe who is following them, is accused of being a spy. Erotomanic delusions is a false belief that someone of a higher status than the schizophrenic individual is in love with him/her. A …show more content…
The individual may go through periods of switching topics frequently between conversations (also known as derailment or loose association), inability to properly answer questions with irrelevant and confusing answers (known as tangentiality). Although this symptom is common and considered normal with a diagnosis in schizophrenia, some cases become abnormally rare when the individual’s speech capacity is severely incoherent (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.