everything i need to know sz

Question 1

psychological explanations of sz

Answer 1

Schizophrenogenic mother
Double bind theory
High expressed emotion

Question 2

schizophrenogenic mother

Answer 2

-fromm reichmann proposed physchodynamic explantion from accounts fromher parents childhoods
many mentioned spexific type of parent: schizophrenogenic mother
mother is cold rejecting and controllig causing tension and scerey within the family
leads to distruct and later devlops paranoid delusions leadig to SZ

Question 3

double bind theory

Answer 3

bateson et al empashsised role of communication within a family
child is regualury put in trapped situations where they worry about doing wrong thing
recive mixed messages
feel unable to comment or seek clarification
punishemnt of getting it wrong is withdwarl of love
e.g parent complains dont get enogh effection, but then compalisn when give affection
mkes them feel worls is confusing and dangerous
ledint o paranoid delusions and disoragnised thinking

Question 4

high expressed emotion

Answer 4

level of emotion mostly negative expressed by carers towards sz patients
may inclue verbal criticms veen violence
hostility e.g anger and rejction and laster emotional overinvolvemnt in life
high ee makes patient feel stressed sand big factor of relpase
alternatively, could interact with genetic vulnerablilty to cause SZ

Question 5

prevalnec of SZ

Answer 5

only 1 of population get it
split between sz mind and reality
most commonly diagnosed by men
usually in late teens, early 20s

Question 6

sz symptomsgenral criteria of diagnosing sz

Answer 6

report 2 symptoms within a month
reduced social functioing

Question 7

dsm and icd criteria

Answer 7

dsm-states must have 1 postive symptom presnt out of the two
icd-states must have 2 negative symptoms sufficent

Question 8

sz symptoms

Answer 8

speech poverty -
avolution -
delusions +
halluciantions +

Question 9

speech poverty

Answer 9

reduction in quality and amunt of speech

Question 10

avolution

Answer 10

finding it difficult to do goal orainetated tasks

Question 11

hallucinations

Answer 11

auditory or visual

Question 12

delusions

Answer 12

irrationsal beliefs/paranoi

Question 13

type 1

Answer 13

characteristed by positve symptom so an addition to the person

Question 14

type 2

Answer 14

charcateristed by negaitve symptom normal emotions may be affected

Question 15

validity

Answer 15

extent that something is true

Question 16

diagnonis

Answer 16

diagnoising disease from identificiation of symptoms and signs

Question 17

inter-rater reliability

Answer 17

extent to which psychiasticas can get same diagnoisis individually testing same patient

Question 18

re-test relaibility

Answer 18

how conistent the tests are over time

Question 19

weakness-cheniux et al

Answer 19

used 2 psychriasts to diagnose 100 patients using dsm and icd crieteria
reuslts showed 26 dsm 44 icd
second pyschriast showed 12 dsm and 24 icd
results showed low inter ater reliability as got completly differnt scores

Question 20

wekaness-rosenhan

Answer 20

used 7 volunteers
including himself
got them to fake beign schziophrenic
each faked the symptom of hearing voices its hollow
all were diagnosed with either sz or biopolar
when in hospital, all acted normally
took 19 days to be discharged
took 2 months for rosenhan to be discharged as could not figure out what was wrong with him
reuslts shows issues with hosital system shows not good with their job
howerver, shows good ecological valisity as used in real life hospital

Question 21

weakness-symptom overlap

Answer 21

considerable overlap between symptoms of sz and other conditions
ophoff et al assessed gentic materials from 50,000 partipants
found seven of the genene locations of the gene, 3 of them were also associated with biopolar
suggests gnetic overlap and reason for symptom overlap