PAPER 3 - Schizophrenia Flashcards

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What are the POSITIVE SYMPTOMS of SZ ?

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  • hallucinations
  • delusions
  • catatonic behaviour
  • disorganised speech
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What are the NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS of SZ ?

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  • affective flattening
  • anhedonia
  • speech poverty
  • avolition
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Describe HALLUCINATIONS

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  • hearing voices
  • feeling bugs
  • smelling things
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Describe DELUSIONS

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  • being followed
  • paranoid
  • hacked phone
  • secret messages on tv
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Describe CATATONIC BEHAVIOUR

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  • loss in motivation
  • unhygienic
  • abnormal activity - dress in winter clothes in summer
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Describe DISORGANISED SPEECH

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  • abnormal speech
  • word salad
  • gibberish
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Describe AFFECTIVE FLATTENING

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  • reduced range of emotional intensity
  • body language / eye contact
  • prosody - speech cues (volume / tone)
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Describe ANHEDONIA

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  • reduction in pleasure of activities
  • persuasive = all-embracing
  • social = loss of social activity
  • physical = food + body contact
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Describe SPEECH POVERTY

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  • not being able to speak fluently

- thoughts are blocked

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Describe AVOLITION

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  • disinterest in activities
  • stay at home
  • isolation
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What is DIAGNOSTIC RELIABILITY ?

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a diagnosis of SZ must be repeatable

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What is TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY ?

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clinicians reaching the same conclusion at 2 different points in time

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What is INTER-RATER RELIABILITY ?

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different clinicians reaching the same conclusion

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How is inter-rater reliability measured ?

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kappa score

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What is considered perfect inter-rater reliability ?

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kappa score of 1

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What was the kappa score for SZ in the DSM-V ?

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0.46 = not reliable

17
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How does culture impact the diagnosis of SZ ?

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culture has an influence on the diagnostic process

18
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Who researched the cultural differences in diagnosis of SZ ?

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  1. Copeland

2. Luhrman

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Describe Copeland’s research into cultural differences

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  • 134 US psychiatrists
  • 194 UK psychiatrists
  • description of patient
  • 69% US diagnosed SZ
  • 2% UK diagnosed SZ
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Describe Luhrman’s research into cultural differences

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  • 60 SZ adults (Ghana, India, US)
  • African & Indian = positive experiences w/ voices
  • US = no positive experiences
  • voices might not be an inevitable feature of SZ
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What is VALIDITY ?

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are we measuring what we’re claiming to measure ?

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What is CRITERION VALIDITY ?

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is the diagnosis an accurate reflection of the disorder ?

23
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When does GENDER BIAS occur in the diagnosis of SZ ?

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  • when accuracy of diagnosis is dependent on gender of the individual
  • clinicians basing judgements on stereotypical beliefs
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Who studied gender bias ?

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  1. Broverman

2. Longenecker

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Describe Broverman’s research into gender bias

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  • US clinicians
  • equated healthy ‘adult’ behaviour to healthy ‘male’ behaviour
  • tendency for women to be seen as less mentally healthy (androcentric)
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Describe Longenecker’s research into gender bias

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  • since 1980s men diagnosed with SZ more
  • more genetically vulnerable OR high functioning of women (Cotton et al)
  • interpersonal function = bias clinician to under-diagnose
  • symptoms are masked
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What is SYMPTOM OVERLAP ?

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  • symptoms of SZ are found in other disorders

- depression, bipolar disorder

28
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Who researched symptom overlap ?

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  1. Ellason and Ross

2. Read

29
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Describe Ellason and Ross’ research into symptom overlap

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those with dissociative identity disorder had more SZ symptoms than SZ patients

30
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Describe Read’s research into symptom overlap

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most people diagnosed with SZ have SUFFICIENT SYMPTOMS of other disorders e.g. AVOLITION - DEPRESSION

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What is CO-MORBIDITY ?

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the extent 2 or more conditions can occur at the same time