An overview of SZ and factors underlying its cause - Annennberg Learner Video (HW)
Questions to answer:
- What is the role of dopamine in causing SZ (the ‘dopamine hypothesis’)?
- What evidence is there for this?
- What evidence is there for a genetic factor in causing SZ?
- What sort of factors sometimes ‘trigger’ the onset of SZ in people with a genetic predisposition for it?
- What is the ‘schizophrenergic mother’ and ‘schizophrenergic family’? How is this theorised to contribute to explaining SZ?
- What evidence is there for the effectiveness of anti-psychotics in treating SZ? What strengths and limitations are there of antipsychotics?
- What psychological therapies are there for SZ?