psychological expla for schiz
what is family dyscunction
sees maladaptive relationships and patterns of communicatioin within families as source of stress which can cause schiz
what are the three types of dysfunctional characteristics
- high levels of interpersonal conflicts
- difficulty communicating with each other
- being excessively critical and controlling of their child
what are double binds
bateson coined the phrase "double binds" to explain contradictory situations where children are given a verbal message but opposite behaviour is exhibited by parents. this causes the child to be feeling trapped in situations and being punished by withdrawal of love
what are expressed emotions
high degrees of ee can cause schiz patients to relapse this sinwhen families show criticism or act hostility
eval for familiy disfunction
s- research evidence from bateson where in a case study a recoering schiz patient was visited by his mother. mother was passive agressive. after mother left he assulated an aide working in the ward however, berger found that schiz reported a higher double bind recall of statements by their mothers than non patients. this could be ebacsue they are schiz which could impact their memory.
s- communication issues support as nortan carried out a longitudinal study of adolscentes ith behvaiour problems. they found communication deviance this is a strength as communication deviance was found the predict the onset of schiz. however liem measured patterns of parental communications in families with schiz and found no differenceds when comapred to non schiz family
s- support for high relapse rate for EE as kavanagh reviewed 26 cases of ee finding that the mean relapse rate for schiz who returned to households with high ee had a rate of 48%compared to 21% who ddi not return to ee households. additionaly this can lead to better policies and rules in the future
what is dysfunctional thought processing; cognitive deficits
this is when sufferes expereince problems with attention and communication and are unable to deal with it.
what are examples of cognitive deficits
metacognition deficits-this is when one is able to detect errors in processing however when someone has a dysfunction metacognition it makes it diffucult for thme to have an adequate grasp on reality
perception deficits- when schiz have difficulty understanding faces They often struggle to accurately describe the emotion begin displayed (Ekman and Friesen, 1978)
reasoning deficits- jumping to conclusions and extreme negative attribution bias to external factors rather than themselves
eval for cognitive deficits
s- lysaker used a metacognition awareness test to asses 49 schiz male. found schiz symptoms were linked to inability to have awareness of ones thoughts and feelings supports metacognition deficits additionally shinn showed shiz wre poor at all tasks compared to a control group in configurational changes of a face
w- cognitive explanantions do not tell us why symotoms start in the first place tghey just explain it additionally howes and murray suggested that the early vulnerability facots e.g stress and external factors like stress combined together causing an increase in dopmaine system causing schiz
s- cbt helps symtoms