Schizophronia
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- Created on: 07-01-16 16:34
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- schizophrenia
- symptoms
- positive
- hallucinations
- dellusions
- negative
- loss of emotions
- positive
- subtype
- catatonic
- undifferential
- diagnosis
- DSM
- more must develop after 6 months
- 2 or more after 1 month
- DSM
- biological explanation
- genetics
- not 100% concordance in mz twins
- Heston investigated children who had schizophrenic paarents but were adopted and found genetics do play a pert
- biochemical
- excess dopamine
- lindstroem- PET scans, used a radioactive substance used when producing dopamine. schizophrenic patients used more
- excess dopamine
- genetics
- socio-cultural
- family disfunctions
- high expressed emotions
- butzlaff & hooley- 20 studies found 70% relapsed in High expressed emotion families compared with 30% in low expressed emotion families
- high expressed emotions
- labelling
- Rosenhans study
- just a label to categorise those who do not conform and schizophrenia doesnt exist
- family disfunctions
- treatment
- drugs
- conventional
- reduce positive symptoms
- symptoms are similar to parkinsons
- atypical
- reduce positive and negative symptoms
- side effects: weight gain, nausea
- conventional
- therapy
- cognitive
- coping strategy
- psychotherapy
- family
- drugs
- symptoms
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