psychological explanations

Question 1

what is the psychological explanation made up of?

Answer 1

1. family dysfunction

2. cognitive explanation

Question 2

what is the double bind theory?

Answer 2

Bateson et al: children who receive contradictory messages from their parents are more likely to develop schizophrenia.
Contradiction through verbal/non verbal communication.
the child’s ability to respond is incapacitated
in the long term: schizophrenic symptoms

Question 3

what is expressed emotion?

Answer 3

expressed emotion environments contain high levels of hostility and criticism towards the person with SZ. I.e. relatives talk more and listen less.
high EE is 4x more likely to trigger a relapse
negative emotional climate leads to stress beyond coping mechanism, thus triggering a schizophrenic episode