All Bits Of Evaulation Flashcards
What are the 4 points of evaluation for dopamine hypothesis?
Dopamine imbalances may be caused by genes
Measuring metabolties
The role of serotonin
Dopamine - cause and effect
What are the 4 points of evaluation for structual abnormalties?
Reliabilty of findings
A cause or effect of drugs
Structual abnormalties are not only linked to scz
Neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental
What are the 4 points of evaluation for the psychodynamic approach (scz) ?
Frudian concepts are outdated
Faliure to produce an effective treatment
Inconsistent support - 33 out of 45
Overlooks genetics
What are the 4 points of evaluation for cognitive approach (scz) ?
Supporting research - scz people far slower on a stroop test
A reductionist account
Not a comphensive theory
An intergrated model of scz is needed
What are the 4 points of evaluation for dysfunctional families?
Double bind: cause of effect
Where do double bind communcations come from
Research support for expressed emotion - 53% high EE 12% low
Shared environment or shared genes?
What are the 4 points of evaluation for sociocultural factors?
Urbancity is unclear
Which comes first?
Social isolation may be cause or effect
Ethnicity or descrimnation may be the causal factor
What are the 3 points of evaluation of effectivness for Antipsycotic drugs?
Effectiness of conventional antipsycotics - 75% - improved , placebo = 25% - improved , 48% got worse , 1 suicide
Comparing conventional and atypical antipsycotics - 3.2 cholrapizine (c) 0.9 clopazine (a)
Difficutly assesing the effectivness of anti-psycotics
What are the 3 points of evaluation for CBT?
An effective form of treatment - CBT + stand care = 50% better , 1 worse , stand care = 31% better , 3 worse , 1 suicide
Contradictory evidence - research - sig benfit - research - small effect = inconsistent but were allowed to pick
Short-term effectivness - no diff in relapse between stand and cbt after 18 months
What are the two social implications of CBT
CBT not offered to everyone - only 50% despite NICE asking for all
CBT is cost effectivness - less likely to be institutionalised and reduction in medication dose
What are the two ethical implications of CBT?
Potentially a negative experience - but research has claimed that clients deem it as positve
Some psychiatrists may limit acess to CBT - client may not accepted diagnosis, may not believe they’ll react well or reacting well enough to drugs
What are the two ethical implications of antipsychotic drugs?
Side effects - Conventional = parkinsonism, Atypical = agranulocytosis - hard to gain consent
Chemical straightjackets - just pacify not solve the issue
What are the two social implications of antipsychotic drugs?
Asylums or care in the community - now lesser need for institionslisation
Risk of violence - research shows a 37 fold increase in sucide when individuals stop taking medication
