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What are the 4 clinical characteristics of schizophrenia?
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1. Thought Disturbance
2. Disturbances of affect 3. Language impairments 4. Psychomotor disturbances |
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Give 4 examples of the clinical characteristic 'Thought Disturbance'
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1. Hallucinations
2. Primary Delusions 3. Thought Insertion 4. Thought extraction |
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Give 4 examples of the clinical characteristic 'Disturbances of affect'
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1. Blunted affect
2. Flattened affect 3. Inappropriate affect 4. Volition affect |
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Give 3 examples of the clinical characteristic 'Language impairment'
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1. Echolalia
2. Neologisms 3. Illogical speech |
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Give 2 examples of the clinical characteristic 'psychomotor disturbances'
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1. Catatonia
2. Repetitive movements |
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How does schizophrenia develop? (What are the 3 stages)
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1. Prodromal phase
2. Active phase 3. Residual phase |
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What is the dopamine hypothesis?
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Higher levels of dopamine in the brain, neurons are more sensitive to dopamine.
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Outline the findings of Pahl, Swayze & Anderson (1990)
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Reviewed 50 studies. Found large lateral ventricals in schizophrenics
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Outline the findings of Suddath et al (1990)
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Found large ventricals in schizophrenic patients by using MRI to obtain pictures of brains from MZ and DZ twins.
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Outline findings of Buchbaum et al (1984)
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Used PET scans with schizophrenics and normals. Schizophrenics had lower metabolic rates in the prefrontal cortex during tasks.
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