PSYC100 Lecture 33: Lec 33
12 May 2017
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Lec 33: wrap up schizophrenia, look over diathesis stress model, talking about stressors, exceeding capabilities to cope really illustrates a stressor, medication is key, especially for positive symptoms. Not a cure, comes with side effects: combining psychosocial interventions with medication has been found to be very effective for a more positive prognosis. Replapse rates with meds only are higher. Replapse with social skill training is lower. Relapse with medication and faily therap is lower. In past the sicknesses were influenza and tb: today the shift is the differences in sicknesses- chronic long term illnesses, in research they don"t see consistent findings except in exercise, mind body connection. Mind body problem- mind separate from the body, or all together: placebo effect. An improvement in symptoms following a treatment with no apparent physiological effect. Documented in studies, the true belief that this medication will work, will show a true improvement: nocebo effect.
