A mental disorder characterised by a breakdown of throught processes and by poor emotional responsiveness.
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Positive symptoms of SZ
(additions to origional behaviour)
hallucinations
delusions
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Negative symptoms of SZ
(the loss of usual abilities)
Avolition - reduce in motivation e.g. poor hygiene
Speech poverty - quality of speech or a delay response
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Reliability issues in diagnosis
reliability - cheniaux et al looked at diagnosisi from DSM and ICD, inter-rater reliabiloty was poor
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Validity issues in diagnosis
Cheniaux et al's study shows SZ is more likely to be diagnosed by ICD than DSM - poor validity
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What is family dysfunction ?
Psychologists have attempted to link sz to childhood and adult experiences of living in a dysfunctional family
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What was the Schizophrenogenic mother
theory ?
Reichmann proposed a psychodynamic explanation - schizophrenogenic mothers were said to be rejecting, overprotective and fearful of intimacy
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What was the double blind theory ?
Bateson et al emphasised the role of communication style within families - double blind is when a person is given signals that are then contradicted which leaves them confused.
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What is dysfunctional thought processing ?
The idea that mental disorders are caused by 'faulty thinking'
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