OCR GCSE PSYCHOLOGY – PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS [Paper 1]

OCR GCSE Psychology: #3 Psychological Problems

Paper One: Studies and applications in psychology

Covers:

1. An introduction to mental health

Ways of defining mental health, including the mental health continuum

Prevalence of mental health problems, including current statistics and differences between age; gender; and sexual orientation

Incidence of significant mental health problems over time, including changing classification; similarities and differences; and how attitudes have changed towards mental health in the UK since the 1959 Mental Health Act.

Effects of stigma on individuals before and after diagnosis

And the effects of discrimination on individuals before and after diagnosis Effects of significant mental health problems on the wider society, including care in the community.

1. Schizophrenia

The clinical characteristics of schizophrenia (ICD-10 + ICD-11)

Key statistics of schizophrenia: prevalence; age; sex; ethnicity etc

Psychological theory of schizophrenia – the social drift theory of schizophrenia etc, criticisms including problems establishing cause and effect.

Biological theory of schizophrenia: the dopamine hypothesis

How the structure and functions of the brain relates to schizophrenia

Evaluation and the nature/nurture debate.

1. Clinical depression

The clinical characteristics of clinical depression (ICD-10)

Key statistics prevalence; age; sex; ethnicity etc

Biological theory – the social rank theory of clinical depression: the evolutionary function of depression

Criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate.

Psychological theory – the ABC Model of clinical depression: rational versus irrational beliefs

Criticisms of the theory including the freewill/determinism debate.

1. Development of treatments

The use of anti-psychotics and anti-depressants to treat schizophrenia and clinical depression and how they improve mental health through changing the actions of the brain and interactions between neurons and synapses

The use of psychotherapy for treating schizophrenia and clinical depression and how it improves mental health

The development of neuropsychology for studying schizophrenia and clinical depression, including neuropsychological tests and brain imaging techniques.

…and the two key studies:

Daniel, D. G., Weinberger, D. R., Jones, D. W., et al. (1991) “The effect of amphetamine on regional cerebral blood flow during cognitive activation in Schizophrenia.

” TANDOC Jr, E. C., FERRUCCI, P. AND DUFFY, M (2015) Facebook use, envy, and depression among college students: Is Facebooking depressing?

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