Evauluation Of Alternative Psychological Treatments

Question 1

What did a study investigate?

Answer 1

Genetic vulnerability and parenting style - children adopted from 19,000 Finnish mothers with Sz followed up - highly critical and little empathy style found for children with high genetic risk

Question 2

Original model over simple?

Answer 2

Multiple genes increase vulnerability to Sz
Stress comes in many forms
Early trauma can also impact

Question 3

Support for usefulness of adopting interactionist approach?

Answer 3

Tarrier et al - 315 patients randomly allocated to group - patients in combination group showed more improvement than those in controls roup