schizophrenia Flashcards
biological explanation
who came up with the genetic explanation
Gottesman
what does Gottesman say
he believes that since schizophrenia runs in the family, there must be a genetic basis to it
what did Gottesman (1991) look at
he looked at genetic vulnerability
what does it mean that schizophrenia is polygenic
it means that there is no one candidate gene
what did Ripke et al (2014) find out
he found out that there were over 108 genetic variations associated with increased risk of schizophrenia
what does the dopamine hypothesis argue
the DH argues that schizophrenia is developed due to levels of dopamine in specific areas
hyperdopaminergia meaning
too much dopamine is subcorect which would lead to auditory hallucinations according to the area
hypodopaminergia meaning
too little dopamine in the cortex leasing to negative symptoms
what does the neural correlates argue
it agues that it is believed that neural activity in the brain can lead to schizophrenia
what did falkai et al (1988) find out
he found out that increase dopamine levels are left in the amygdala in post mortems of schizophrenic patients
what do antipsychotic drugs do
they refuce the symptoms of schizophrenia inhibiting dopamine transmission
