THE CLASSIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Classification of schizophrenia. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations and delusions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include speech poverty and avolition.
THE RELIABILITY AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Reliability and validity in diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia, including reference to co-morbidity, culture and gender bias and symptom overlap
GENETIC RESEARCH METHODS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
RESEARCH METHODS THAT ARE USED IN GENETIC STUDIES: CONCORDANCE RATES, PEDIGREES, GENES,
BIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Biological explanations for schizophrenia: genetics and neural correlates, including the dopamine hypothesis
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
Psychological explanations for schizophrenia: family dysfunction and cognitive explanations, including dysfunctional thought processing
COGNITIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
Cognitive explanations of schizophrenia, including dysfunctional thought processing.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
Cognitive behaviour therapy and family therapy as used in the treatment of schizophrenia. Token economies as used in the management of schizophrenia
THE INTERACTIONIST APPROACH TO SCHIZOPHRENIA
The importance of an interactionist approach in explaining and treating schizophrenia; the diathesis-stress model.