Biological Treatment AO3

Question 1

What are the strengths of biological treatments

for schizophrenia

Answer 1

• effective (according to Thorne)
• the3 side effects are oftern benefitial (according to Silverman)

Question 2

What did Thorne find?

Answer 2

• he investigated clorpromize by conducting 13 trials and 1121 patients
• he found in 5 trials and 512 patients showed lower relapse rates compared to the placebo drug given

Question 3

What positive side effects did silverman find?

Answer 3

patients were said to have increases attention levels and information processing

Question 4

What are the weaknesses of biological treatments?

for schizophenia

Answer 4

• there are dangerous side effects (according to Kapur et al)
• they aren’t a long term solution (according to Davis)

Question 5

What did Kapur find regarding the side effects of drug treaments?

for schizophrenia

Answer 5

• in order for the drugs to be effective 60-75% of D2 receptors need to be blocked which means important receptors in the brain will also be blocked
• this results in side effects like involuntary tongue, face and jaw movements (for typical drug treatments)

Question 6

What did Davis find that showed that drugs are not a long term treament?

for schizophrenia

Answer 6

his patients abruptly stoped taking medications which lead to revolving door syndrome and re-emmergence of symptoms
this shows it’s not long term and therefore my not be stopping the underlying cause