Schizophrenia Notes (Psychology: CIE 9990)

This document outlines brief bullet-point-style notes on the Schizophrenia topic in the Psychology CIE A Level syllabus.
It follows the 2021-2023 syllabus (9990) and includes the topics:

• Characteristics, definitions and case studies of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
• Schizophrenia and delusional disorder
• Symptom assessment using virtual reality (Freeman, 2008)
• Explanations of schizophrenia and delusional disorder (along with strengths, weaknesses and issues and debates) :
  * Genetic (Gottesman and Shields, 1972)
  * Biochemical (dopamine hypothesis)
  * Cognitive (Frith, 1992)
• Treatment and management of schizophrenia and delusional disorder ((along with strengths and weaknesses):
  * Biochemical
  * Electro-convulsive therapy
  * Token economy (Paul and Lentz, 1977)
  * Cognitive-behavioural therapy (Sensky, 2000)
  This Word document can be used as a revision tool for students.