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Schizophrenia
Introduction and Biological
explanation
A2 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
,What the
specification
wants you
to learn
• Description of symptoms and features
(including thought insertion, hallucinations,
delusions, disordered thinking)
• The function of neurotransmitters as a
theory/explanation.
• One other biological theory/explanation.
• One non-biological theory/explanation.
,Schizophrenia
is NOT Split
personalities
• This is a massive misunderstanding
of the general population.
• Schizophrenia means – split mind
(Greek)
• Split personality disorder is
Multiple Personality Disorder
(now called dissociative
personality disorder)
, • 1/ All will be abl
explain the featu
and symptoms o
Schizophrenia
Learning • 2/ Most will be a
Intentions to explain the
biological explan
of Schizophrenia
• 3/ A few will be
to evaluate the
biological explan
of Schizophrenia
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