3.2.3 Psychodynamic explanation of schizophrenia

Question 1

How old are you in the oral stage?

Answer 1

0-18 months

Question 2

In the oral stage how is satisfaction received?

Answer 2

Feeding

Question 3

How do you become orally fixated?

Answer 3

Too much or little feeding

Question 4

Freud said individuals with schizophrenia become fixated when?

Answer 4

First few months of the oral stage

Question 5

All schizophrenics are orally fixated but not all orally fixated people will do what?

Answer 5

Develop schizophrenia

Question 6

(Regression) if an adult experiences excessive amounts of stress the individual may do what?

Answer 6

Regress back to the oral stage

Question 7

(Regression) when a schizophrenic regresses how long is it?

Answer 7

Long term

Over reliance on regression

Question 8

(Losing touch with reality) during the oral stage the ego is not what?

Answer 8

Well developed
Oral stage is 0-18 months
Ego develops at 2-3 years

Question 9

(Losing touch with reality) the role of the ego is what?

Answer 9

Managing the demands of the id and superego

Question 10

(Losing touch with reality) if the person represses back to a time the ego doesn’t exist the id does what?

Answer 10

Operates unimpeded

Question 11

(Losing touch with reality) what do the symptoms of schizophrenia e.g. Hallucinations represent?

Answer 11

Unchecked activities of the id

Question 12

(Losing touch with reality) the schizophrenic individual is unable to do what?

Answer 12

Distinguish between reality and their desires

Question 13

(Schizophrenogenic mother) psychodynamic theorist believed which relationship is a crucial factor in development of schizophrenia?

Answer 13

Mother child relationship

Question 14

(Schizophrenogenic mother) who developed the concept of the schizophrenogenic mother?

Answer 14

Fromm-Reichmann

Question 15

(Schizophrenogenic mother) the concept says mothers of people with schizophrenia are what?

Answer 15

Overprotective and controlling

But also rejecting and distant

Question 16

(Schizophrenogenic mother) an overprotective controlling mother does what?

Answer 16

Stifles a childs emotional development

Question 17

(Schizophrenogenic mother) a rejecting and distant mother does what?

Answer 17

Leaves the child with lack of personal security

Question 18

(Schizophrenogenic mother) the child is vulnerable to what?

Answer 18

Stress and is therefore more likely to regress

Question 19

(Schizophrenogenic mother) mothers with psychological problems gave birth to healthy children and then did what?

Answer 19

Drove them mad

Question 20

(Schizophrenogenic mother) in the home the mothers delusional ideas do what?

Answer 20

Dominate making her unaware of needs of other family members

Question 21

(Schizophrenogenic mother) schizophrenic behaviours are a way of a child doing what?

Answer 21

Making sense of the toxic home environment