types of disorders
Depression is an example of what kind of disorder?
Affective Disorder
What are the characteristics of OCD?
Complusions and obsessions
Is the DSM criteria for what disorder?
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Describe the aim of the study
To see how well psychiatrists could distinguish real patients with schizophrenia from 8 sane people who gained admission into 12 different hospitals and fakes a single symptom.
OCD is an example of what kind of disorder?
Anxiety disorder
Trembling, sweating, long-time worrying and irritablity is a sign of?
General Anxiety Disorder
'Obsessions and/ or compulsions, symptoms are regonised as excessive, unreasonable and absurd, symptoms are present at least an hour a day'
Is the DSM criteria for what disorder?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
How does Cognitive Behavioural Therapy help people?
Through Self-monitoring
Relaxation training
cognitive therapy towards negative appraisals
Describe the procedure
Sample - 8 pseudo-patients (2F 5M)
Participants were admitted into a total of 12 hospitals in 5 different US states
They had a single symptom, hearing voices saying ‘empty’, ‘hollow’ and ‘thud’
Once in hospital the symptoms ceased
Delusional disorder is an example of what kind of disorder?
psychotic disorder
What does SSRI do?
Absorbed in the synapse to improve mood and reduce anxiety
Describe the results from this procedure
All participants were admitted and were never detected as pseudo-patients
The average stay was 19 days. Range 7-52 days
They were released with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in remission
In 30% of cases, real patients made comments saying the pseudo-patients had nothing wrong with them
71% of doctors and 88% of nurses ignored patients when trying to talk to them.
Some participants had their note-taking as a symptom of their disorder
Schizophrenia is an example of what kind of disorder?
psychotic disorder
What was the follow-up procedure (2)?
Workers within the hospital were told there were 1 or more pseudo-patient attending the hospital within the next 3 months.
They rated on a scale of 1-10, how likely each patient was likely to be a pseudo-patient.
However, there were no pseudo-patients
bipolar disorder is an example of what kind of disorder?
affective disorder
What Neurotransmitter is enhanced by Benzodiazepines?
GABA
What are some conclusion about this research?
The environment had a major impact on the process of a diagnosis. Staff could not tell the difference between the mentally disordered and mentally healthy.
Once labelled with a condition like schizophrenia, patients found it difficult to escape the label and be ‘judged’ as ‘normal’.