Psychological Approach Flashcards
What are the two psychological explanations of schizophrenia?
Family dysfunction 👨👩👧👦
Cognitive explanations 🧠
What type of explanation is Fromm-Richmann’s? And why?
Psychodynamic
Used Freud’s ideas in DSM 📖
What did Fromm-Richmann find?
Found during therapy that people were often focused upon one parent 👩👦
and it had a significant impact on child developing schizophrenia.
Who came up with the ‘Schizophrenic Mother’? 👩👦
Fromm-Richmann
Way of remembering ‘from rich man, to poor man’
What are three bad things schizophrenia mothers do?
She’s cold 🥶
Rejecting and controlling 👈🏻
Tends to create a family climate characterised by tension and secrecy. 🤫
What does the actions of a schizophrenic mother lead to?
Leads to distrust and later developed into paranoid delusions, and ultimately schizophrenia
Who came up with the double bind theory?
Bateson et al 🐟☀️
What did Bateson et al say mixed messages from caregiver results in?
Confusion within the child 🧒🏼❓
Explain the double bind theory
Child finds themselves trapped in a situation where they feel like they are doing the wrong thing, yet due to mixed messages, don’t feel they can comment about it
How does ‘expressed emotion’ cause relapse In schizophrenic patients?
Expressed emotion directed at patients are a serious source of stress, which can cause relapse. 🔁
If they already have a genetic predisposition to have schizophrenia, this can trigger it (diathesis stress model) 🧬
What three things does expressed emotion include, which cause relapse in schizophrenics?
- verbal criticism of patient, occasionally accompanied by violence. 🗣💪🏻
- hostility towards patient, including anger and rejection 😡
- over involvement in the life of the patient 👀
Explain how ‘research into attachment’ is a support for the schizophrenic mother
Berry et al 🍓
Found 59% of male schizophrenics had experienced insecure attachments to their primary care giver
Shows relationship with mother correlates with schizophrenia
What are the three explanations within the explanation of ‘family dysfunction’ ?
Schizophrenic mother
Double bind theory
Expressed emotion
