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Gottesman, 1991 |
Family study Outline Is SZ more common among closer relatives? Yes, more common among biological relatives of SZ person. Children with 2 SZ parents = 46% concordance Children with 1 SZ parent = 13% conconrdance children with 1 sibling = 9% concordance |
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Joseph, 2004 |
Twin Study Outline Review of all twin studies prior to 2001 concordance rate for MZ twins = 40.4% concordance rate for DZ twins = 7.4% |
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Tienari et al, 2000 |
Adoption study outline Rate of SZ development among adoptees of SZ parents. 164 SZ mothers --> 6.7% children got SZ 197 control group --> 2% children got SZ |
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Joseph, 2004 argument |
Twin study Evaluation - MZ twins are treated more similarly They share more experiences+identity confusion Therefore, concordance rate reflects environmental factors |
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Joseph, 2004 claim |
Adoption Study evaluation - SZ children = selectively placed Parents informed of condition, therefore more prepared |
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Haracz, 1982 |
Dopamine Hypothesis evaluation - Post-mortem studies review Antipsychotics b4 death = high dopamine lvls No antipsychotics = normal dopamine lvls Therefore, antipsychotics may not be suitable for SZ |
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Copolov and Crook, 2000 |
Dopamine Hypothesis Evaluation - Recent, advanced PET scans show no solid evidence of unusual dopamine lvls in SZ patients Therefore, undermines Dopemine Hypothesis |
