PSYCHOLOGICAL EXP OF SZ

Question 1

what 2 psychological explanations are there for sz?

Answer 1

family dysfunction - sz mother, double bind and expressed emotion
cognitive explanations - metarepresentation and central control

Question 2

what 3 explanations are there for family dysfunction?

Answer 2

sz mother
double bind
expressed emotion

Question 3

what is the sz mother?

Answer 3

cold, rejecting and controlling
family culture characterised by secrecy and tension
distrust develops into paranoid delusions and sz

Question 4

what is double bind theory?

Answer 4

communication style
child feels trapped for doing wrong thing, mixed msgs when wrong
when mistake -> withdrawal of love
child becomes confused leading to disorganised thinking and delusions

Question 5

what is expressed emotion?

Answer 5

1. verbal critic of patient could be w/ vio
2. hostility e.g. anger/rejection
3. emotional over-involvement in life can explain relapse [ stress can trigger bio vuln and lead to relapse ]

Question 6

what is a cognitive explanation?

Answer 6

exp for any phenomenon focusing on mental processes

reduced process is vs associated w/ - symptoms and reduced processing o info in T+CG are associated with hallucinations

Question 7

what did Frith et al identify?

Answer 7

two kind of dysfunctional thought processing to underlie some symptoms

Question 8

what 2 dysfunctional thought processing did Frith et al find?

Answer 8

metarepresentation

central control

Question 9

what is metarepresentation?

Answer 9

cog ability to reflect on thoughts/beh to interp actions of others
explains hallucinations of voices and delusions e.g thought insertion

Question 10

what is central control?

Answer 10

cog ability to supress automatic responses when performing deliberate actions
disorg speech and thought disorder due to inability to supress auto thoughts and speech triggered by thoughts