Interactionist Approach To Schizophrenia

Question 1

What does the interactionist approach to schizophrenia propose?

Answer 1

That symptoms of schizophrenia are caused by a combination of psychological & environmental factors and biological & genetic factors

Question 2

What does the interactionist approach believe is the best therapy plan for schizophrenia?

Answer 2

A combination of drugs and psychological therapies

Question 3

What was Meehl’s (1962) original diathesis-stress model?

Answer 3

It suggested that diathesis (vulnerability) is entirely genetic — the result of a single schizogene, which led to a biologically based schizotypic personality — if this diathesis is accompanied by a psychological/environmental stressor, then schizophrenia is likely

Question 4

Why is Meehl’s diathesis-stress model considered outdated?

Answer 4

Because the modern understanding of stress is that it need not be biological in origin but could also be psychological (e.g. in the form of childhood trauma)