Schizophrenia

Question 1

Positive symptoms

Answer 1

Hallucinations and delusions

Question 2

Negative symptoms

Answer 2

Speech poverty and avolition

Question 3

Symptom overlap

Answer 3

Occurs when two or more conditions share symptoms where conditions share many symptoms this calls into question the validity of classifying two disorders separately

Question 4

what do family studies show increases if a family member has SZ

Answer 4

increased chance of developing SZ if you have a sibling with it is 9%, increased chance of 48% if they are an identical twin.

Question 5

what do family studies suggest

Answer 5

the importance of genes in SZ although family members tend to share the same environment as well

Question 6

what is dopamine’s role in SZ

Answer 6

high levels are associated with SZ and unusually low levels are associated with Parkinsons disease

Question 7

what is family dysfunction

Answer 7

abnormal processes within a family such as poor family communication, cold parenting, and high levels of expressed emotion. These may be risk factors for both the development and maintenance of SZ

Question 8

what is dysfunctional thought processing

Answer 8

Information processing that does not represent reality accurately and produces undesirable consequences.