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After reading and studying this chapter and participating in lecture and discussion, students should be able to:
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Describe the prevalence of schizophrenia and how it varies by gender and ethnicity. |
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Define and describe delusions and hallucinations, as well as the different types of delusions and hallucinations, and how they vary and do not vary across cultures. |
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Describe the disorganized thought and speech that occurs with schizophrenia. |
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Distinguish between disorganized and catatonic behavior. |
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Describe common negative symptoms of schizophrenia. |
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Discuss the history of diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, as well as the current criteria for schizophrenia and disorders that are similar to it. |
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Distinguish between Type I and Type II symptoms, as well as between prodromal and residual symptoms. |
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Identify the key features of each of the five subtypes of schizophrenia: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual. |
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Describe the prognosis for an individual with schizophrenia and how it might vary according to the gender and age of the affected individual. |
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Discuss the evidence for a genetic transmission of schizophrenia, and which people are most at risk for developing schizophrenia. |
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Discuss the brain areas implicated in schizophrenia, as well as their functions, and be able to discuss how they are different in the brains of people with schizophrenia compared to people without schizophrenia. |
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Discuss both past and recent hypotheses of how dopamine is believed to affect the development and treatment of schizophrenia. |
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Discuss the psychosocial factors associated with schizophrenia and the evidence for them. |
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Discuss the drug therapies most commonly prescribed for schizophrenia, their side effects, which symptoms they treat most effectively, and which ones they do not. |
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Discuss the psychological and social interventions designed for people with schizophrenia. |