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Summary AQA PSYCHOLOGY 2019 Schizophrenia (Year 2)- Revision notes

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AQA A level Psychology notes - Year 2, Schizophrenia. I am currently in my second year of the A-level course, with my exams in May. I have wrote/used these notes throughout the course and have consistently got A*s. I have used my teachers powerpoints (who has been an examiner for the course for 10 ...

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Schizophrenia (SZ)


1. Classification and Diagnosis
 Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder suffered by only 1% of the population.
 Psychologists have labelled it the “cancer” of mental health.
 Many sufferers end up homeless or hospitalised.

Diagnosis
 The world’s leading diagnostic tools are the ICD-10 and the DSM-V.
 In the ICD-10 you only need to present two or more negative symptoms, but in the DSM you
also need to present positive ones.

The ICD-10 also recognises a range of subtypes of schizophrenia-

1. Paranoid schizophrenia- characterised by powerful delusions and hallucinations

2. Hebephrenic schizophrenia- presents only negative symptoms

3. Catatonic schizophrenia- loss of movement or gain of significant over-activity

Positive Symptoms

1. HALLUCINATIONS
 Auditory hallucinations such as hearing voices in your head, these voices usually increase
paranoia and negative thoughts
 Visual or tactile hallucinations are also possible

2. DELUSIONS

 Beliefs which could not possibly be true, although they seem very real to the patient.

a) Delusions of persecution – when the belief creates delusion or paranoia

b) Delusions of grandeur- beliefs of being powerful and important

3. DISORDERED THINKING

 When a person believes their thoughts are being interfered with in some way:

INSERTIONS- belief that thoughts are being inserted into their mind

WITHDRAWLS- belief that thoughts are being removed from their mind

BROADCASTS- belief that thoughts are being transmitted to others

4. PSYCHOMOTOR DISTURBANCES

Stereotypical - Rocking backwards and forwards, twitches, & repetitive behaviours.

Catatonia- staying in position for hours/days on end, cut off from the world.

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