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OCR GCSE Psychology J203
Criminal Psychology
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Psychological Problems
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Sleep and Dreaming
Psychological Problems
- 5 subtopics
- 15 things to know
- Component 01
What Psychological Problems covers
Psychological Problems is examined in Component 01, Studies and applications in psychology 1. It covers mental health, prevalence and changing attitudes, stigma, discrimination and the effects of mental health problems, schizophrenia and its explanations, clinical depression and its explanations and treatments and neuropsychology.
Where it is assessed
Component 01
Studies and applications in psychology 1, a 1 hour 30 minute paper worth 50% of the GCSE.
Check the OCR specification ↗The 5 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Mental health, prevalence and changing attitudesThe mental health continuum, how common mental health problems are in England by sex, age and sexual orientation, changes in classification, and the Mental Health Act 1959.Open →
- Stigma, discrimination and the effects of mental health problemsStigma and discrimination before and after diagnosis, the effects on the individual and society, care in the community, and how stigma can be reduced.Open →
- Schizophrenia and its explanationsThe ICD's clinical characteristics, hallucinations and delusions, statistics by age, sex and ethnicity, the dopamine hypothesis and brain structure, social drift theory, and Daniel's study.Open →
- Clinical depression and its explanationsThe ICD's characteristics of clinical depression and its statistics, social rank theory, the ABC model of rational and irrational beliefs, and Tandoc's study of Facebook use and envy.Open →
- Treatments and neuropsychologyAntipsychotics and antidepressants, psychotherapy for schizophrenia and depression and the drawbacks of each, and how neuropsychological tests and brain imaging are used.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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How common is clinical depression, who is diagnosed with it, and how does it tend to run?
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What is mental health?
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What is schizophrenia?
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How do antipsychotic drugs treat schizophrenia?
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What is the mental health continuum?
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What is stigma in relation to mental health?
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What clinical characteristics of schizophrenia does the ICD describe?
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What is clinical depression?
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How do antidepressants treat clinical depression?
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Why is the mental health continuum a useful way to define mental health?
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How can stigma affect a person before diagnosis?
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What is a hallucination?
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What clinical characteristics of depression does the ICD describe?
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How do drug treatments improve mental health?
Take Psychological Problems further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Hallucination vs Delusion
Hallucination: a sensory experience of something that is not there. Delusion: a firmly held false belief that resists evidence.
Stigma vs Discrimination
Stigma: negative beliefs and attitudes towards people who are unwell. Discrimination: unfair treatment of people because they are unwell.
Dopamine hypothesis vs Social drift theory
Dopamine hypothesis: the idea that overactive brain chemical signalling causes schizophrenia. Social drift theory: the idea that schizophrenia pushes people into poverty and lower-paid work.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is mental health?
Model answer
Mental health is a person's emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. Mental health affects how a person thinks, feels and copes with life.
- 2
What is the mental health continuum?
Model answer
The mental health continuum is a scale running from good mental health, through struggling, to mental illness. A person can move along it in either direction over time.
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Why is the mental health continuum a useful way to define mental health?
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The continuum shows that mental health is not simply present or absent. Everyone has a position on it, and that position can change.
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How is mental illness different from poor mental health?
Model answer
Poor mental health is a period of struggling that many people pass through. A mental illness is a diagnosable condition, such as depression, that meets set criteria.
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How common are mental health problems in England?
Model answer
Surveys find that mental health problems are common. The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2023/4 found about one in five adults in England had a common mental health condition, up from about one in six in 2014.
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How does the prevalence of mental health problems differ between men and women?
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Women are more likely than men to report common problems such as anxiety and depression. Men are more likely to die by suicide and less likely to seek help.
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Psychological Problems revision questions
- What does Psychological Problems cover in OCR GCSE Psychology?
- 5 subtopics: mental health, prevalence and changing attitudes, stigma, discrimination and the effects of mental health problems, schizophrenia and its explanations, clinical depression and its explanations and treatments and neuropsychology. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Psychological Problems organised?
- By the OCR J203 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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