Psychology 2310A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reuptake, Schizophrenia, Inter-Rater Reliability
28 Oct 2013
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Ruth kajander: first to use anti-psychotics on schizophrenic patients. Inhibit enzymes: anti depressants, leaves more neurotransmitters around. Block receptors: anti-psychotics, too much neurotransmitter activity. Increase receptor sensitivity: how well they respond to certain neurotransmitters. Diagnosis: process of identifying specific disorder that an individual has by examination of the symptoms, typically through assessment. Broad process, what are symptoms, occurrence, personality, history, etc. can be done for other things such as finding treatment. Validity: how affective it is to do what it"s supposed to do. If you can successfully derive a quick an answer easily. Goal of dsm is to be able to diagnose and treat. Reliability: can repeatedly get the same answer over and over. If another person uses the same system they can get the same answer (inter-rater reliability). Polythetic: when making a diagnosis, there are a list of symptoms and you need a certain number of these symptoms but not all to be diagnosed with the disorder.
