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Schizophrenia

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A mental disorder characterised by a withdrawal from reality.

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Positive Symptoms

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TYPE 1 schizophrenia
Behaviours concerning loss of touch in reality

(Added behaviour)

HALLUCINATIONS
DELUSIONS

Responsive to medication

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Negative symptoms

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TYPE 2 schizophrenia
Behaviours that disrupt emotions and actions

(Loss of behaviour e.g. avolition)

Unresponsive to medication

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Hallucinations

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The perception of something being real that is not

Hearing,seeing things

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DELUSIONS

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A fixed false belief

cannot be confronted with truth

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Speech poverty

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E.g > Word salad

Negative symptom

Brief replies to questions. No elaboration.

Due to distorted thought processes

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Avolition

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Negative symptom

A lack of energy in any activity.

Loss in goal directed behaviour

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Reliability

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Consistency of diagnosis

1 test-retest > when the same diagnosis is made in separate occasions from the same information

2 inter-rater > different clinicians make separate diagnosis on the same patient.

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DSM 5

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Diagnostic classification system

(Paranoid, disorganised, catatonic,undifferentiated, residual)

Must be shown 1 month or more
2 CLEAR symptoms.

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ICD 10

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Produced by WHO

  • Uses 7 classifications
  • 9 subtypes
  • Post schizophrenic depression
  • Simple schizophrenia - negative symptoms

MORE SUBTYPES THAN DSM5
1-6 months
1 CLEAR symptom

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Validity

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The accuracy of the diagnosis

Reliability - consistent diagnosis
Predictive validity - successful treatment
Descriptive - symp different to other disorders
Aetiological - same cause for sz

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Co- Morbidity

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1 or more additional disorders occur along with sz

  • causes issues in validity
  • symptoms may be of the same disorder
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Culture Bias

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Over - diagnosing other cultures as schizophrenic

Afro-Caribbean more diagnosed than white people in Britain than in their natural homeland.

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Symptom overlap

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Symptoms of the disorder are often the same as other disorders.

E.g. Depression in bipolar

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Biological explanation - Genetic

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Schizophrenia is caused by heredity

Genes are passed on to individuals from their relatives/parents

No specific gene
Gene mapping > several genes that make an individual susceptible to sz.

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Dopamine hypothesis

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Sz is caused by abnormal levels of the hormone/ neurotransmitter: dopamine.

Higher levels of dopamine > firing neurons

Can be caused by LSD

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Neural correlates

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Sz is caused by brain abnormalities

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Enlarged ventricles

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Cause schizophrenia

The fluid filled in gaps between the brain

In the central brain

pre-frontal cortex brain >

Werernickes area is damaged which relates to speech&raquo_space;> speech poverty.

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Original dopamine Hypothesis

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Excess levels of dopamine lead to symptoms of sz

Neuroleptic drug > reduces amount of dopamine

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Revised dopamine Hypothesis

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Issues with

D2 receptors > too many > more dopamine

D4 receptors > too dense > more dopamine

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Glutamate

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Found in the brain
Helps activate neurones/ neurotransmitter

Excess glutamate > excess dopamine

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Psychological explanations of Sz

Family dysfunction

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The idea that Dysfunctional family relationships and communication > development of sz.

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Refrigerator mother

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Provides physical needs for children but not emotional.

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Double Bind theory

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Children who receive contradicting messages from their parents > sz.

E.g. If mothers say ‘I love u’ and reject a hug.

This leads to impaired coherence

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Impaired coherence

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A construction of reality.

Leads to symptoms such as the flattened affect and with drawl

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Flattened effect

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Lack of emotional expression

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Expressed emotion

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Maintains schizophrenia

Where families constinuously demonstrate hostility and criticism towards recovering sz’s

Leads to severe relapse > delusions of persecution.

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Cognitive explanations

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Maladaptive thought processes

The development of sz is related to thinking abnormally.

Or vice Versa .

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Cognitive deficits

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Schemas are not activated in schizophrenics
> difficult to process incoming info.

Cannot recognise info so interpret it in own way.

This leads to sensory overload

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Sensory overload

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Information cannot be processed so is overloaded

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Impaired insight

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An inability to recognise cognitive distortions or reality

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Delusions - cognitive

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Caused by the patient being egocentric.

Relate irrelevant events to themselves causing false conclusions.

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Hallucinations - cognitive

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Hallucinating patients focus excessively on auditory stimuli

Have higher expectancy to hear things.

Do not recognise internal and external information. Relate themselves always.

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TREATMENTS - DRUG THERAPY

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Typical drugs > treat positive symptoms

Eg: chlorprozamine
Blocks dopamine receptors in the synapse

Atypical drugs > 2nd resort > treated pos and neg symptoms
Eg: clozapine

Acts on serotonin and dopamine production systems.

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CBT

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Helps to change maladaptive thinking that causes delusions / hallucinations

Every 10 days
12 sessions > to alter irrational thoughts

Personals therapy > talks on problems, experience and how to deal with these.

Relaxation skills also taught

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Family therapy

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Counselling involving family members, patient, therapist

Improves communication.
Decreases guilt
Teaches family how to deal with sz patient

9-12 months

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Token economies

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Helps MANAGE sz not treat it.

Operant conditioning > positive reinforcement

Sz patients are rewarded for carrying out good behaviour
Rewarded token can be exchanged for material goods.

Relieves negative symptoms such as lack of motivation.

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Interactionalist

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Sz is caused by social, biological and psychological factors

Diathesis model

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Diathesis stress model

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Biological susceptibility + environmental factors (stress /trauma) = SZ

Genetic faults in doperminergic systems 
TRIGGER 
psychological > abuse/ family dysfunctions
SET THE TRIGGER 
Maladaptive thinking/ neural correlates
EFFECTS OF SZ
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Interactionalist treatments

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Patients take drug therapy FIRST to reduce lack of insight…

This allows psychological treatments to have greater effects, such as CBT

A2 Psychology - Schizophrenia (2 decks)

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