Schizophrenia - Introduction

Hallucinations are a negative symptom of schizophrenia

• True

• False

Delusions are when people hear voices and see things that aren't there

• True

• False

Negative symptoms involve the loss of usual abilities and experiences.

• True

• False

Which one is a strength of schizophrenia diagnosis?

• Validity

• Reliability

When Is a psychiatric diagnosis said to be reliable?

• When clinicians reach different conclusions about an individual

• When clinicians reach the same conclusion about an individual

What is the term derived for when clinicians agree on individual diagnosis?

• · Inter-rater reliability

• · Test-retest reliability

What is the term derived for when a clinician reaches the same diagnosis for the same individual on two occasions?

• · Inter-rater reliability

• · Test-retest reliability

What was the correlation score of the inter-rater reliability and Test-retest reliability carried out by Flavia Osorio (2019)?

• · inter-rater reliability +.87 and Test-retest reliability +.90

• · inter-rater reliability +.92 and Test-retest reliability +.97

• · inter-rater reliability +.97 and Test-retest reliability +.92

• · inter-rater reliability +.90 and Test-retest reliability +.87

Which one is a weakness of schizophrenia diagnosis?

• · Reliability

• · Validity

What way can we assess Validity of psychiatric diagnosis?

• · Criterion Validity

• · By asking the opinion of the patient