PSYC 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Married People, Dopamine Antagonist, Mania
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The clinical picture of schizophrenia: schizophrenia produces many clinical pictures , the symptoms, triggers, and course of schizophrenia vary greatly, some clinicians argue that schizophrenia is a group of distinct disorders that share common features. How do theorists explain schizophrenia: while there is no known cause, research has focused on, biological factors (most promising, psychological factors, sociocultural factors. Biological views: genetic factors, genetic factors may lead to schizophrenia through two kinds of biological abnormalities: 3: biochemical abnormalities too much dopamine. Freud believed s developed from two processes: When world is harsh, people with s regress to the earlier point to development (primary narcissism); recognize & meet only their own needs. Both theories have little research support and have been rejected by most psychodynamic theorists: the cognitive view: There is little direct research support for this view. Sociocultural theorists believe that people with mental disorders are victims of two main social forces: social labeling, family dysfunction.
