Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Therapeutic Relationship, Avail, Sust

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Katerina Rnic

Document Summary

Inab imagine feelings, perspectives and experiences other people. Important and sometimes dif disting neg symptoms schizophrenia from depressive and other mood-related symptoms and ensure positive symptoms don"t reflect mood- congruent delusions and hence mood disorder rather than schizophrenia. Ident heightened risk dev psychotic disorder required attempting prevention/ early treatment, further research required. Cognitive subtypes of schizophrenia: differentiate in terms perf on various neuropsychological tests not symptoms. Theories of schizophrenia: assumption vulnerability/ diathesis, and disorder-promoting events/ stress both required- complex path and extends over at least first decade and a half person"s life- inherited genes make vul. Idea one major gene causes schizophrenia contradicted by facts and rejected most researchers- complex multiple gene models accounting inheritance. Description of functional techniques: pet scan- radioactive tracer look blood flow, metabolism/ rate energy used/ location and density nerve cells cont specific kinds chemical receptors.