Today we continued our examination of the biological explanations of schizophrenia with a look at the dopamine hypothesis and the neuroanatomical theories. The ppt is here (scroll down).
Bear in mind that no one theory is going to be satisfactory. Schizophrenia has large between-patient and within-patient differences, virtually all schizophrenics are on long-term antipsychotic medication, and there are big questions over cause and effect - does the increased dopamine (or increased ventricle size) lead to the schizophrenia? Or vice versa?
Please make sure you catch up if you were absent due to exams. I won't be covering the material again in class.
Bear in mind that no one theory is going to be satisfactory. Schizophrenia has large between-patient and within-patient differences, virtually all schizophrenics are on long-term antipsychotic medication, and there are big questions over cause and effect - does the increased dopamine (or increased ventricle size) lead to the schizophrenia? Or vice versa?
Please make sure you catch up if you were absent due to exams. I won't be covering the material again in class.
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