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| Question | Answer |
| What is Schizophrenia ? | Bleuler - 'split mind' → split in the psyche; disorganised thought processes; split between intellect and emotion; split between intellect and external reality |
| Main symptoms of schizophrenia | Auditory hallucinations Delusions Disordered thinking Control Emotional and volitional changes |
| Auditory hallucinations | Individual 'hears' noises, usually voices in their mind, talking to them directly or to each other |
| Delusions | False beliefs: delusions of grandeur (i.e. thinking you are God); delusions of persecution (others are trying to harm you) |
| Disordered thinking | Individual feels that their thoughts have been inserted or withdrawn from their mind |
| Control | Individual experiences a lack of self-control, as though they are under the control of an alien power |
| Emotional and volitional change | Flat (blunt) emotions and the individual has little initiative and no energy |
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