schizophrenia -psychological explanations (family therapy)

Question 1

what is the aim of family therapy?

Answer 1

.overall aim is to improve family function and quality of communication by reducing stress and expressed emotion

Question 2

what is involved in the process of family therapy?

Answer 2

.within families rather than individuals
.3-12 months
.at least 10 sessions

Question 3

what does family therapy do?

Answer 3

.helps them to anticipate and solve problems
.improves family functioning by reducing guilt and improving understanding

Question 4

who came up with family therapy?

Answer 4

.fiona pharoah et al (2010)

Question 5

what is forced during family therapy?

Answer 5

.family alliance between all family members forced using several strategies

Question 6

what are the 4 strategies used during family therapy?

Answer 6

.reduce stress of caring for a relative with SZ
.reduction of anger and guilt
.improve family’s beliefs and behaviour towards SZ
.improving the ability of the family to anticipate and solve problems

Question 7

what does the strategies achieve?

Answer 7

.improve family environment, increasing the chance the patient will comply to medication

Question 8

what is a strength to family therapy as a way to treat SZ?

Answer 8

.proven effectiveness -pharaoh et al conducted a meta analysis (53 studies) found that family therapy reduced hospital readmissions over the course of a year and improves quality of life for patients and their family
.economic implications -because family therapies reduce relapse rates, the state doesn’t need to pay so much for care in the long term

Question 9

what is a negative to family therapy as a way to treat SZ?

Answer 9

.the meta analysis conducted by pharaoh et al, different studies were inconsistent and there were problems with the quality (shows evidence base is limited)