We are slowly working our way through the biological explanations of schizophrenia. We've finished the genetic explanations - ask me for a worksheet if you missed Tuesday's twilight lesson as I don't have an electronic version. I recommend that you learn one twin study, the Gottesman meta-analysis and one adoption study - these are all the sheet we used in the lesson. Be able to comment on the pros and cons of using this type of research evidence.
So, the highest genetic component to schizophrenia is only around 50% - showing that genetics certainly isn't the whole story. We now move onto the dopamine hypothesis, which states that schizophrenia is a result of increased dopamine levels. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter.
The powerpoint is here (same powerpoint as last week - we are slowly working our way through it).
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