-deviance
-dysfunction
-distress
-danger
duration
behaviours and emotions which are viewed as socially unaccaptable
abnormal behaviour which significantly interferes with everyday tasks
clear unhappyness due to abnormality
behaviour that harms or puts the person themselves or others in danger
not going to work, maintaining relationships, looking after yourself
diagnostic statistical manual (describes symptoms, features and associated risk factors)
over 300
APA (american psychological association)
dsm 5
international classification of diseases
who (world health organisation)
idc 11
the extent to which your test has been operationalised to test what it says it is going to
if multiple people have the same disorders are their symptoms the same
the extent to which one 2 studies' findings match up with eachother
studies from different times being compared if their findings are the same
the extent to which one measure matches with a similar measure , (if social anxiety and fear of people were paired they should have a similar finding)
kim-cohen
mason
rosenhan
a single individuals consistency of measurement
comparing results from 2 or more raters/people
repeating a test after some time to see if the results vary
-thought insertion
-hallucinations
-delusions
-disorganised thinking
-onset during 20's (early for men, late for women)
-lifetime prevelance of 0.3% to 0.7%
-females are more often diagnosed than men
hyperdopaminergia
drugs like chlorpromazine have been found to alleviate symptoms of sz, but have also led to an increase in tremors and muscle rigidity, which is linked with parkinsons, a condition caused by low levels of dopamine
chemical message sent from the brain all around the body
positive symptoms of sz (hallucinations and delusions) may be caused by excess dopamine activity in the mesolimbic pathway
hypodopaminergia
negative symptoms (lack of speech and movement)
positive symptoms (hallucinations and delusions)