What is Schizophrenia?

What is Schizophrenia

1. Intro to Schizophrenia
2. Hallucinations
3. Delusions
4. Avolition
5. Speech Poverty
6. Positive and Negative Symptoms

Reliability and Validity in Schizophrenia Diagnosis

1. Reliability and Validity in Schizophrenia Diagnosis – Introduction
2. Diagnosing Schizophrenia
3. Diagnosing Schizophrenia: Reliability
4. Diagnosing Schizophrenia: Validity
5. Reliability of Schizophrenia Diagnosis: Inter-Rater Reliability
6. Validity of Schizophrenia Diagnosis: Rosenhan’s Study
7. Cultural Bias in Schizophrenia Diagnosis
8. Cultural Bias: Study Support
9. Schizophrenia – Gender Bias
10. Gender Bias: Study Support
11. Diagnosing Schizophrenia: Comorbidity
12. Effects of Comorbidity on Reliability and Validity
13. Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: Study Support
14. Symptom Overlap in Diagnostic Criteria
15. Symptom Overlap: Study Support

Biological Explanations of Schizophrenia

1. Biological Explanations of Schizophrenia – Introduction
2. Genetic Explanations of Schizophrenia
3. The Genetic Explanation of Schizophrenia: Twin Studies
4. The Genetic Explanation of Schizophrenia: Limitations of Twin Studies
5. The Genetic Explanation of Schizophrenia: Adoption Studies
6. The Genetic Explanation of Schizophrenia: Limitations of Adoption Studies
7. Brain Abnormalities and Schizophrenia
8. The Neural Correlates Hypothesis
9. Neural Correlates: Study Support
10. Effects of Medication on Brain Structure
11. Individual Differences in Brain Abnormalities
12. The Dopamine Hypothesis
13. The Revised Dopamine Hypothesis
14. The Dopamine Hypothesis: Study Support
15. Limitations of the Dopamine Hypothesis – Part 1
16. Limitations of the Dopamine Hypothesis – Part 2
17. Biological Treatments for Schizophrenia: Antipsychotic Drugs
18. How Antipsychotic Drugs Work
19. Limitations of Traditional Antipsychotics: Side Effects
20. Limitations of Traditional Antipsychotics: Negative Symptoms
21. Typical and Atypical Antipsychotics
22. Support for Atypical Antipsychotics
23. Comparing Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics and Typical Antipsychotics
24. Limitations of Atypical Antipsychotics: Effectiveness

Cognitive Explanations of Schizophrenia

1. Cognitive Explanations of Schizophrenia – Introduction
2. The Cognitive Explanation of Schizophrenia: Dysfunctional Attention
3. The Cognitive Explanation of Schizophrenia: Biased Reasoning
4. Dysfunctional Thought Processes Lead to Delusions
5. Dysfunctional Thought Processes Lead to Hallucinations
6. Dysfunctional Thought Processes Lead to Negative Symptoms
7. Study Support for the Cognitive Explanation
8. Limitations of the Cognitive Explanation: Ignores Biological Factors
9. Cognitive Treatments: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
10. Study Support for CBT
11. Limitations of CBT: Study Limitations
12. Limitations of CBT: Availability and Cost

Family Dysfunction Explanation of Schizophrenia

1. Introduction – Family Dysfunction Explanation of Schizophrenia
2. The Family Dysfunction Explanation of Schizophrenia
3. Family Dysfunction: Double Bind
4. Family Dysfunction: Expressed Emotion
5. Family Dysfunction: Study Support
6. Limitations of Family Dysfunction: Unreliable Evidence
7. Limitations of Family Dysfunction: Individual Differences
8. Family Therapy
9. Study Support: Pharoah et al
10. Support for Family Therapy: Cost Effectiveness
11. Family Therapy: Limitations of Study Support

Token Economies

1. Token Economies – Introduction
2. Token Economies – Part 1
3. Token Economies – Part 2
4. Token Economies: Dickerson et al
5. Limitations: Lack of Application Outside the Clinic
6. Limitations: Further Concerns

Interactionist Explanations

1. Interactionist Explanations – Introduction
2. Interactionist Explanations
3. The Diathesis-Stress Model
4. Study Support: Tiernari et al
5. Study Support Part 2
6. Combining Treatments
7. Combining Treatments: Evaluation