psychological explanations of schizophrenia: family dysfunction

Question 1

family dysfunction

Answer 1

any forms of abnormal processes within a family (e.g. conflict, communication issues, criticism and expressed emotions)

Question 2

schizophrenigenic mother

Answer 2

-sz causing mother
-cold, rejecting, controlling and creates tension and secrecy that causes delusions

Question 3

double bind theory

Answer 3

-child fears doing the wrong thing and feels unable to seek clarification
-child is punished through withdrawal of love (makes world seem dangerous which causes delusions)

Question 4

expressed emotion

Answer 4

-emotion towards a SZ patient (verbal criticism, violence, hostility and emotional over involvement
-triggers relapse of SZ in a vulnerable person

Question 5

strength

Answer 5

point - research support
evidence - insecure attachment are predictors of FD
- SZ patients are more likely to have insecure resistant and have a history of sexual abuse
explain - link between SZ and dysfunction

Question 6

weakness

Answer 6

point - low quality evidence
evidence
evidence- little evidence for double bind theory and schizophrenogenic mother
explain - theories based upon observations of clients not systematic evidence