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Diagnosing Schizophrenia
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- 1List two positive symptoms of Schizophrenia and explain what they are1) Hallucinations - See, hear, feel, touch, smell things which aren't there
2) Delusions - Believe things which aren't true (Such as paranoia) - 2What is required in order to be diagnosed with Schizophrenia?The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) states that you need to show at least symptoms (At least one positive symptoms) for a month
- 3List four emotional symptoms of Schizophrenia1) Avoliton - Lack of motivation or care to achieve goals
2) Lack of care for personal hygiene
3) Lack of emotion
4) Inappropriate emotions - Reacting to things inappropriately (EG - Laughing at a funeral) - 4How can we diagnose schizophrenia reliably?Different clinicians must be able to reach the same diagnosis in order to be diagnosed
- 5List the two types of ValidityDescriptive Validity - How similar individuals with the same disorder are
Aetiological validity - How similar the cause of the disorder is for each sufferer - 6Briefly outline a study that shows issues with the reliability of diagnosesGender Bias: Loring and Powell's study (1988) asked 290 psychiatrists to diagnose two schizophrenia patients with identical symptoms. One was male, the other was female. They found that 56% diagnosed the male with schizophrenia, and only 20% diagnosed the female.
- 7Why does Loring and Powell's study show issues with reliably diagnosing Schizophrenia?It shows there is gender bias when diagnosing patients as the percentages weren't equal, therefore this shows that psychiatrists do not diagnose patients reliably
- 8Briefly outline another issue with reliably diagnosing Schizophrenia (1971)Culture Bias: Copeland et al (1971) found that 69% of American psychiatrists diagnosed patients with schizophrenia. However, only 2% of British patients diagnosed the same patient
- 9Why does Copeland's study show an issue with the reliability?It demonstrates that there is a clear culture bias as the difference between the diagnosis rates of cultures were dramatically different, this is an issue as it shows a fault in terms of reliability when diagnosing schizophrenia
- 10Outline a study in which shows a problem with Validity? (1973)Rosenhan (1973) conducted a study where people with no mental health problems got themselves admitted into a psychiatric ward by saying they heard voices. Once participants were admitted into the ward, they behaved normally. However, their behaviour was seen as a symptom of the disorder.
- 11How does Rosenhan's study show an issue with making a valid diagnosis?It questions the validity of the diagnosis of Schizophrenia as once they were labelled with the disorder, all of their behaviour was interpreted as the cause of the disorder
- 12State another issue with making a valid diagnosisParticipants who may experience symptom overlap can also cause problems with the validity of diagnosis. The common symptoms of Schizophrenia can be found in other disorders, such as Avolition
- 13What is Comorbidity?Comorbidity means having two or more conditions at the same time.
- 14Why is Comorbidity a problem?Having more than one condition can make it hard to make a valid and reliable diagnosis as some symptoms may belong to an untreated disorder which may not have been recognised as symptoms
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- A2 (Schizophrenia) Psychology Fichas sobre Diagnosing Schizophrenia, creado por Ashleigh Gildroy el 10/11/2016.
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- Ashleigh Gildroy · nov 2016
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