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Schizophrenia

Gottesman and Shields (1972) – Biological

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Gottesman, I. I. and Shields, J. (1972) ‘A review of recent adoption twin and family studies of Schizophrenia’ Journal of Abnormal Psychology 86, 103–26);

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the ‘Explanations of Dysfunctional Behaviour’ section of ‘Dysfunctional Behaviour’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Biological.‘

The following study considers schizophrenia, something which is often misunderstood, therefore it is highly recommended that you read: Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia



There are two main misconceptions about schizophrenia.

Firstly that people with schizophrenia are violent. This is not true, although some people with schizophrenia can be violent, that is not to say that schizophrenia causes violent behaviour. Many people are violent without schizophrenia. Continue reading Schizophrenia →

Bulpitt, C. J. and Fletcher, A. E. (1988) – Reasons for non-adherence

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Bulpitt, C. J. and Fletcher, A. E. (1988) ‘Importance of well-being to hypertensive patients’, American Journal of Medicine 29 (84), 40–6);

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the ‘Features of adherence to medical regimes‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Reasons for non-adherence‘

In this section of Health & Clinical Psychology, we will be considering why people will or will not adhere to medical regimes. Many people do not complete their full course of antibiotics and this is a thought to be a reason behind ‘superbugs.’

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Janis, I. and Feshbach, S. (1953) – Fear Arousal

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Janis, I. and Feshbach, S. (1953) ‘Effects of fear arousal’, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 48, 78–92)

 

Background

This is the third study we will be looking at from the ‘Methods of Health Promotion‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Fear Arousal‘

 

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Dannenberg et al (1993) – Legislation

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Dannenberg et al., (1993) ‘Bicycle helmet laws and educational campaigns: an evaluation of strategies to increase children’s helmet use’, American Journal of Public Health 83 (5), 667–74)

 

Background

This is the second study we will be looking at from the ‘Methods of Health Promotion‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Legislation‘

 

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