AO3 interactionist approach

Question 1

RTS the interactionist approach in EXPLAINING SZ comes from…

Answer 1

-Tienari et al
-19,000 adopted children in Finland whose mother had SZ compared to adopted children without risk
-children brought up in families with a lot of conflict and low empathy were more likely to develop SZ but only in the group who had ginetic vulnerablility

Question 2

RTS interactionist approach in TREATING SZ comes from …

Answer 2

-Tienari et al
-315 patients randomly allocated to treatment conditions
-found patients given a drugs and CBT had lower symptoms than those with just one treatment

Question 3

Limitation of explaining/treating SZ using interactionist approach?

Answer 3

-There are individual differences
-two people may have the same vulnerability and stressor but one may not develop SZ
-two people may receive the same combination of treatment such as drugs and CBT but do not have the same recovery outcome