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Title: Classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia A2
Description: Discuss issues associated with the classification and/or diagnosis of schizophrenia. Bullet points. AO1&AO2

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Discuss issues associated with the classification and/or diagnosis of schizophrenia
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Concurrent Validity

Social stigma of schizophrenia diagnosis
Social Stigma

Schizophrenics are reluctant to see a doctor
for diagnosis

P: Kim & Berrios looked into the social stigma of schizophrenia diagnosis

Doctors reluctant to diagnose schizophrenia

E: Estimated only 20% of schizophrenics have been diagnosed
E: However, this could be culturally specific and so this assumption cannot be
generalised to other cultures where the social stigma has a less dramatic effect

20% recover completely
10% significant improvement

L: More cross-cultural research is needed to determine the cultural validity of this
findings
...
1% African Americans diagnosed
1
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Social Norms


Title: Classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia A2
Description: Discuss issues associated with the classification and/or diagnosis of schizophrenia. Bullet points. AO1&AO2