Sz

Question 1

+ symptoms

Answer 1

Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought insertion
Disordered thinking

Question 2

• symptoms

Answer 2

Affective flattening
Avolition
Withdrawal
Anhedonia

Question 3

DA hypothesis

Answer 3

Sz associated with imbalance in DA
Abnormally high number of D2 receptors 
More opportunity to bind
Increased excitation and greater activation of DA messages 
Associated with positive symptoms

Question 4

Genetic explanation

Answer 4

Saying Sz is partly related to genetics

Using Family Twin Adoption studies

Question 5

Cognitive explanation

Answer 5

Sz due to faulty cognitive processes
Metarepresentation
Central control

Question 6

Treatments - biological

Answer 6

Antipsychotics - work by reducing levels of DA in areas of the brain associated with Sz

Typical - 1950s, more aggressive side effects, control positive symptoms e.g. Chlorpromazine

Atypical - 1990s, developed due to side effects of typical, control + and - symptoms, less aggressive side effects e.g. Clozapine

Question 7

Treatments - non biological

Answer 7

CBT

Normalising
Belief modification
Focussing and reattribution

Question 8

BIG PART TO INCLUDE FOR ALL

Answer 8

Diasthesis stress

Genetic template but needs environmental stressor

Question 9

Prevalence and onset

Answer 9

1% worldwide

Male > female

15 - 35

Urban > rural

Working class > middle class

Question 10

Prognosis (likely course)

Answer 10

25% recover
50% intermittent
25% continual (decline)