sz interactionalist explaination Flashcards
interactionalist theory
combination of biological and psychological factors causing sz
diasthesis stress model
vulnerability (diathesis) and enviromental trigger (stress)
vunlerability - dopamine imbalance
stress - acedemic pressure
gotttesman results
concordance rates of 48% for identical mz twins and 17 % non identical dz twins
gottesman conclusion
both have bilogical vulnerability only one having negative psychological experience - trigging disorder
tienari results
higher rates of sz for adopted childern of biological sz mothers than 1% population however even higher rates in childerm who were adopted into psychologically dsyfunctional familes (36.8%) thsan 5.8% of childern into health
tienari conclusion
biological diasthesis triggered by stressor of dysfunctional family stress
nature vs nurture
biological - genes - nature
psychological - environment - nurture
holistic or reductionist ?
holistic range of factors with biological - childehood tramua + genes and psychological causing sz
how to treat sz effectively interactionalist approach
combination of anti psychotic treatments - a typical and typical - biological
and cbt psychological treatments
whys this most effective
drug treatment controls and reduces severe symptoms so then patients able to engage in cbtp - learning cogitive skills to manage symptoms
tarrier
supporting anti psychotic + cbt compared to just drug treatment improvement in the group using both with reduce severity in symptoms
read
not just a single gene - polygenic - early emotional trauma - alter neurological development + drug abuse not just genes
mechanism evaluation
limitation
negativ events trigger complex biological response in symptoms un certain - cause and effect not fully explained
