Alternative treatments

Question 1

NICE

Answer 1

Recommends art therapy with a qualified therapist with experience of working with sz

Question 2

The interactionist approach

Answer 2

Sees that biology psychology and societal factors influence sz

Question 3

The diathesis stress model

Answer 3

The model states that both vulnerability to sz and a stress like trigger can make a person more vulnerable to developing sz

Question 4

Treatment according to the interactionist model

Answer 4

The model is associated with using antipsychotic drugs and psychological treatments mostly CBT

Question 5

Evaluation - model is over simple

Answer 5

Multiple genes increase vulnerability to Sz each having a small effect on its own there is no single gene
Also stress comes in very forms and may not be family stress
It’s now believed early trauma can impact

Question 6

Support for the effectiveness of combinations of treatments

Answer 6

Support for the usefulness of adopting interactionist approach from studies

Question 7

We don’t know how diathesis and stress work

Answer 7

We know there is a link between vulnerability and stress that lead to sz but we do not fully understand the mechanism with the symptoms of sz appear and how vulnerability and stress produce them

Question 8

The treatment fallacy

Answer 8

Turkington et al argue there is a good fit between interactionist and treatments however just because they work together well does not mean the interactionist approach is correct