AQA A Level Psychology: Schizophrenia
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Cheniaux et al (2009)had two psychiatrists independently diagnose 100 patients using both DSM
and ICD criteria. What were the results?
Psychiatrist 1 using DSM = 2
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AQA A Level Psychology: Schizophrenia
Already Passed
Cheniaux et al (2009)had two psychiatrists independently diagnose 100 patients using both DSM
and ICD criteria. What were the results?
Psychiatrist 1 using DSM = 26. Psychiatrist 1 using ICD = 4. Psychiatrist 2 using DSM = 13.
Psychiatrist 2 using ICD = 24.
Name 2 weaknesses of the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Poor inter-rater reliability and reliability.
Criterion validity
The extent to which different assessment systems arrive at the same diagnosis for the same
patient.
Cheniaux et al (2009)study suggests that it is much more likely to be diagnosed using which
one? ICD or DSM?
ICD.
Cheniaux et al (2009)study suggests that it is much more likely to be diagnosed using ICD rather
than DSM. This suggests that schizophrenia is either o..........-d.............. in ICD or un............-
d............ in DSM.
Over-diagnosed and under-diagnosed.
One weakness of the diagnosis of schizophrenia is that it has poor v........
Poor validity.
Schizophrenia.
Term comes from two Greek words: 'schizo', meaning 'split', and 'phrena' meaning 'mind'. The
'split' in schizophrenia occurs between a person's thought processes and reality.
Co-morbidity
Morbidity refers to a medical condition or how common it is. Co-morbidity is the occurrence of
two illnesses or conditions together
How can conditions occurring together often be a problem?
It calls into question the validity of their diagnosis and classification because they might actually
be a single condition
Schizophrenia is commonly diagnosed with other c..........
Conditions.
Confusing picture of schizophrenia is a....
Weakness of diagnosis and classification.
Symptom overlap
There is considerable overlap of symptoms of schizophrenia and other conditions.
Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, for examp
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