Schizophrenia continued...

Here is a useful summary of the arguments for and against the dopamine hypothesis.

Remember that any theory of schizophrenia is going to be unsatisfactory simply because of the nature of the disorder - no two schizophrenics are exactly alike, and each schizophrenic will show variation throughout the course of their life. Almost all schizophrenics will be on antipsychotic drugs so it is hard to separate out their effects from those of the underlying disorder (and the inevitable interaction of the two).

Next lesson we will look at the psychological explanations of schizophrenia.