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A2 Schizophrenia AQA Psychology

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Classification/Positive/Negative Symptoms of Schiz
What is a classification 1,
When did the classification of sc...,
Why did bleuler coin the term sch...
20  cards
Reliablity In The Classification/Diagnosis
Reliability in general refers to 1,
In the context of schizophrenia d...,
Example of schizophrenia being no...
7  cards
Validity In Diagnosis
Validity in general refers to 1,
In the context of schizophrenia d...,
Issue with validity 3
14  cards
Biological Explanations: Genetic Factors
One possible cause of schizophren...,
Schizophrenia runs in families 2,
There are a number of genes that ...
10  cards
Biological Factors The Dopamine Hypothesis
The dopamine hypothesis suggests 1,
Causes of da overactivity 2,
Any of the above conditions would...
8  cards
Biological Explanations: Neural Correlates
Neural correlates are 1,
Hypofrontality 2,
Functions of frontal lobes are fl...
9  cards
Psychological Explanations: Cognitive
Cognitive explanations focus on 1,
Specifically the symptoms are sai...,
Frith identified several kinds of...
8  cards
Psychological Explanations: Family Dysfunction
Psychologists have proposed a pos...,
Schizophrenogenic mother 2,
Double bind theory 3
7  cards
Drug Therapy: Typical Antipsychotics
Also known as conventional or fir...,
These drugs bind to a group of da...,
This reduces da activity in the b...
6  cards
Drug Therapy: Atypical Antipsychotics
Atypical or second generation ant...,
These drugs are da antagonists th...,
The drug then rapidly dissociated...
7  cards
Psychological Therapy CBT
Cbt is based on the cognitive exp...,
Cbt can be delivered in group ses...,
Cbt usually consists of between 3
20  cards
Psychological Therapy: Familiy Therapy
Family based therapy is based on ...,
Specifically to reduce the level ...,
Patient and thier family attend f...
13  cards
Psychological Therapy. Token Enconomy
Based on the behavioural principl...,
A token economy is a system used ...,
Clinicians will set target behavi...
20  cards
An Interactionist Approach
An interactionist approach is one...,
Biological factors could include 2,
Psychological environmental facto...
20  cards

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