Why might Kraepelin's idea that schizophrenia was similar to dementia not be as far from the truth as previously thought?

a. Evidence suggests that there sometimes are progressive changes in brain volume over time in people with schizophrenia.
b. The symptoms of the two disorders overlap tremendously.
c. On autopsy, people with schizophrenia show the same smoothing of the brain as is seen in people with dementia.
d. The same biological treatments work for both disorders.

a. Evidence suggests that there sometimes are progressive changes in brain volume over time in people with schizophrenia.

Psychology

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financial independence || the capacity to support one's parents financially || emotional and cognitive maturity || behavioral and spiritual maturity || || ||

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Jerome is playing poker with his buddies and is losing badly. It seems that everyone at the table knows when he is bluffing, just by watching his eyes. Jerome needs to learn to monitor his ________ and his ________ when he plays poker

A) exaggerated expressiveness; microexpressions B) interchannel expressions; frequency of microexpressions C) interocular movements; interchannel expressions D) interchannel expressions; rate of blinking E) rate of blinking; frequency of eye contact

Psychology