Schizophrenia Contemporary Study - Carlsson (1999)

Aim

• To use what is known about neurotransmitter function and psychosis to provide more of an explanation for schizophrenia.
• To consider the need for further research into drug treatments that target neurotransmitters other than dopamine and improve drug treatments.
• To use understanding of psychosis and links to neurotransmitter functioning to produce new anti-psychotic drugs.

Procedure

The study was a literature review.

• The study considered evident from studies on the use of recreational drugs known to induce psychosis.
• The review doesn't have a traditional procedure and there were no participants to gather data directly from during the study.
• It mentions findings from various studies: previous research using rodents to test neurotransmitter functioning…