Classification/Diagnosis
Characterised by a reduction in normal functioning
What are negative symptoms?
SZ is caused by genes
What is the biological explanation?
Clozapine
What are atypical anti-psychotics?
What is vulnerability?
The father of psychoanalysis, known for his work on the unconscious mind
Who is Freud
Neurotansmitter involved in reward and pleasure.
What is dopamine?
Developed the Schizophrenogenic mother explanation
Who is Fromm-Reichmann?
Token economy is based on this approach
What is the behaviourist approach?
In this country patients are typically given anti-psychotics first and then CBT
What is Britain?
Known for their research into the duration of LTM
Who is Bahrick?
The inability to start and continue goal-directed behaviour
What is avolition?
Conducted twin studies
Who is Gottesman?
Aims to increase positive communication
What is family therapy?
Houston found that this factor can trigger schizophrenia as it disrupts the dopamine system
What is cannabis?
These are the chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses.
What are neurotransmitters?
Investigated whether situational factors affect the diagnosis of schizophrenia
Who is Rosenhan?
Found that auditory hallucinations are related to cognitive biases
Who is Bentall?
Recommends that all schizophrenics should be offered CBT
What is NICE?
Trauma causes this part of the brain to be overactivee
What is HPA?
Devised the cognitive theory of depression
Who is Beck?
Found that 50% of patients with SZ also have depression
Who is Buckley?
Low levels of dopamine in the pre-frontal cortex can lead to what symptoms
What are negative symptoms?
Schizophrenic patients are often discharged and readmitted due to not taking their medication once they feel better
What is the revolving door phenomenon?
The original diathesis-model identified this factor as the main stressor
What is family dysfunction?
Conducted a study in which participants watched a video of a car crash and were asked how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" vs. "contacted."
Who are Loftus and Palmer?