Chapter 16. Psychological Disorders II: Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders
Introduction
16.1 Slide 2
Welcome to your Try This! experience for Chapter 16.
So far in the chapter, you have learned about some of the symptoms people with schizophrenia experience. Later, you will learn about therapies for treating those symptoms.
On the next screen, you will be asked two questions about your beliefs about schizophrenia. Try not to think too deeply about either of them; just go with your “gut.”
16.2 Slide 3
Please respond to the two statements below. Again, try not to think too deeply about either of them; just go with your “gut”.
Rehabilitation schemes designed to get patients back to work are usually doomed to failure. |
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There is still no effective treatment for schizophrenia. |
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On the next screen, you’ll watch a video depicting a young man named Zach, who is living with schizophrenia.
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The two statements you were asked to respond to earlier come from a previous study (Angermeyer & Matschinger, 2004). Your answers are highlighted. Underneath each response option is the proportion of people in that study who chose that response.
Rehabilitation schemes designed to get patients back to work are usually doomed to failure. |
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| Agree | Undecided | Disagree | Don’t know |
| 18.6% | 21.2% | 32.4% | 27.6% |
There is still no effective treatment for schizophrenia. |
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| Agree | Undecided | Disagree | Don’t know |
| 21.4% | 20.2% | 24.4% | 33.6% |
How does your response compare? If you had agreed with either of the items, does your Introduction to Zach change your mind?
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Later in the chapter, you will be re-introduced to one of the people you met in the chapter’s opening story: Elyn Saks (pictured below), Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Southern California. Like Zach, Dr. Saks also happens to live with schizophrenia. Her experience and Zach’s experience highlight the effectiveness of drug therapies and psychotherapies in treating people with schizophrenia, enabling them to live productive lives.
16.6 Slide 7
You have completed the activities in this chapter’s Try This!
When you return to the chapter, you will learn more about disorders involving schizophrenia, personality disorders, and dissociative disorders.
These activities based on and inspired by:
Angermeyer, M. C., & Matschinger, H. (2004). The stereotype of schizophrenia and its impact on discrimination against people with schizophrenia: Results from a representative survey in germany. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30(4), 1049-1061. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.dom.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/620716842?accountid=10528