Mental Health Topic 3

Question 1

Cognitive Explanation

Answer 1

Internal mental processes
Disordered thinking

Question 2

Mohamed (cognitive)

Answer 2

94 schizophrenics compared to 305 normal people.
Mental deficits e.g. recall

Question 3

Behaviorist thinking

Answer 3

Schizophrenic result of faulty learning (operant conditioning)

Question 4

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 4

Septo-hippocampal brain circuit stops being regulated by prefrontal cortex.
Can’t tell difference between internal interactions and external stimuli

Question 5

Kuperberg

Answer 5

fMRI scans of 17 patients which showed increased activity in temporal and inferior prefrontal cortex, this shows dsyfunction

Question 6

Non-biological Treatment

Answer 6

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Question 7

Strength of CBT

Answer 7

Reduced positive symptoms, lower relapse rates and lower readmission rates.

Question 8

Weakness of CBT

Answer 8

Lengthy
Kingdom and Kirschen, not suitable for paranoid or disordered thinking patients.