Interactionist Approach to TREATING Schizophrenia: Eclectic Therapy

Question 1

What is a therapeutic application of the diathesis-stress model?

Answer 1

electric therapy

Question 2

What is electic therapy?

Answer 2

-a holistic approach to treating disorders which suggests that combining therapeutic methods is the most effective way to treat the arious contributing factors

Question 3

What do researchers do for electic therapy?

Answer 3

assess the relative effectiveness of different treatments for schizophrenia by comparing them in terms of cost, relapse rates, degree of side effects, as well as symptom reduction.
-Most research points towards a combined approach, where the patient may be administered anti-psychotic medication to deal with a chemical imbalance in dopamine to treat the positive symptoms (such as delusions) AND a psychological therapy (such as CBT) to treat the negative symptoms (such as avolition).

Question 4

Why will the best combination of treatment be assessed on a case by case (idiographic) basis?

Answer 4

-due to the nature of schizophrenia and the wide variety of differing symptoms
-for each individual patient, the type and severity if symptoms experienced will dictate what course of electic therapy is offered

Question 5

What is widely believed about the interactionist approach?

Answer 5

that it predicts the best therapeutic outcomes for each individual patient as what is appropriate for one patient may not be for another