Positive And Negative Symptoms

Question 1

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 1

Hallucinations which are unreal perceptions of the environment

Delusions which as bizarre beliefs

Question 2

Negative symptoms

Answer 2

Speech poverty lessening of speech fluency

Avolition which is a reduction of interests and desires

Question 3

Reliability of diagnosis ?

Answer 3

Cultural differences in diagnosis eg British vs US psychiatrists diagnosing so (69% vs 2%)

Question 4

Validity of diagnosis

Answer 4

Symptom overlap - many of the symptoms found in over disorders

Comorbidity - two or more conditions occur together

Question 5

Family dysfunction explanations

Answer 5

Double bind and expressed emotion

Question 6

Cognitive explanations

Answer 6

Delusions = egocentric bias

Hallucinations = hyper vigilance and lack of reality testing

Question 7

Drug therapy

Answer 7

Antipsychotics (atypical and typical)

Question 8

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Answer 8

Combination of cognitive and behavioural therapy

Consists of 
Assessment
Engagaement 
ABC model
Normalisation
Critical collab analysis 
Developing alt explanations

Question 9

Family therapy?

Answer 9

Range of interventions aimed at the family

To help manage the individual with schizophrenia

Question 10

Interactionist approach

Answer 10

Diathesis stress

Tienaris study
Adopted offspring

Question 11

Biological explanations

Genetic

Answer 11

Family, twin and adoption studies

Question 12

Dopamine hypothesis

Answer 12

Higher levels of dopamine is associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia