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AQA A Level Psychology: Schizophrenia Already Passed Cheniaux et al (2009)had two psychiatrists independently diagnose 100 patients using both DSM and ICD criteria. What were the results? Psychiatrist 1 using DSM = 26. Psychiatrist 1 using ICD = 4. Psychiatrist 2 using DSM = 13. Psychiatrist 2 using ICD = 24. Name 2 weaknesses of the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Poor inter-rater reliability and reliability. Criterion validity The extent to which different assessment systems arrive at the same d...

AQA A Level Psychology: Schizophrenia Latest 2023 Graded A+ What is Schizophrenia? ○ Severe mental disorder characterised by profound disruption of cognition and emotion, affects language, perception, thought, affect and sense of self ○ Thoughts & emotions impaired so contact is lost w/external reality ○ Consists of positive (excess or distortion of normal func) and negative (lack of func, weakens ability to cope in everyday activities) symptoms How is SZ diagnosed? ○ DSM - V (Diagnosti...