social causes of SZ and treatment

Question 1

outline how urban living can cause SZ

Answer 1

this can cause SZ because people living in urban areas experiment lots of stressors due to increased population density, increased competition for jobs, increased crime and life being at a faster pace. this is likely to trigger an episode of SZ.

can lead to chronic social defeat explaining negative symptoms of SZ such as social withdrawal and inability to feel pleasure.

or it could be an explanation for common causes or relapse

Question 2

give research to support urban living as a cause of SZ

Answer 2

Evangelos passos, conducted a study on 24,000 cases of SZ and found that people in urban areas were 2.37 times more likely to develop SZ then people in rural areas.

high generalisability as he used a really large sample, this means that any anomalies are likely to be voided.

Question 3

explain why immigrants are more likely to develop SZ

Question 4

How are 2nd generation immigrants at a higher risk of SZ

Question 5

Outline social adversity

Answer 5

the idea that if basic needs are not met during human development ie food, education, shelter potentially due to parents being unemployed then you are more likely to develop SZ. this is also important because parents unemployment may lead to increased stress triggering episodes of SZ

Question 6

Give research to support that immigrants are more likely to get SZ

Answer 6

Feron shows how immigrants are 4x more likely for black immigrants to get SZ then white population.

Question 7

outline what social drift is and how it can be used as an against argument for urban living

Answer 7

this is the idea that people with SZ are more likely to move to urban areas because of cheaper living as they will struggle to hold down a job. so they are at a lower class to their parents and siblings.

this shows that the correlation between urban living and SZ may be due to the nature of SZ rather being a cause as its based on correlation.