Family Dysfunction

Question 1

Family dysfunction Ao1

Answer 1

Way that they communicate with each other as they have high levels of tension and arguments

Creating risk factors for development and relapse of sz symptoms

Question 2

Schizophrenicgenic mother (SZM)

Answer 2

Ideas sz is caused by early experience of szm

Is cold controlling and rejecting

Father is passive in these families

Builds family tension and secrecy

Leads to distrust that later develops into paranoid delusions

Question 3

Double bind communication (DBC)

Answer 3

Sz is due to faulty communication patterns

Parent communicates verbal message which is not matched with there non verbal message

E.g father verbally loving but emotionally rejecting

Causing confusion

Leading to avolition and withdrawal

Mixed messages result in disorganised thinking and paranoid delusions