Psychological explanations Flashcards

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What are the 2 psychological explanations for schizophrenia?

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  1. Family dysfunction
  2. Dysfunctional thought processing (cognitive)
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Outline Family dysfunction?

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  • explanations emphasise family-oriented theories of schizophrenia
  • Shows importance of childhood upbringing/trauma for development of schiz in adulthood
  • Stresses how maladaptive family relationships domestically/poor communication result in development of schiz in adulthood
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What do Freudian ideas suggest about family dysfunction?

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  • If child experiences trauma in childhood (poor communication) this will be repressed/denied
  • Done by using defence mechanisms
  • This creates unconscious conflicts which can manifest in adulthood
  • The manifestation would take the form of schiz symptoms
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Outline the Schizophrenogenic mother?
Who came up with the theory?

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  • Mother is cold, domineering, rigid, insensitive, conservative
  • Moralistic about sex, fearful of intimacy, provocative
  • Characteristics are subjected on the child
  • Establishes faulty communication between her & the child
  • Creates excessive stress triggering psychotic thinking as child tries to navigate the toxic domestic environment
  • Leads to development of schiz in adulthood
  • Reichmann (1948)
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Outline Double-Bind hypothesis?

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  • Term Double-Bind is used to describe contradictory/confusing situations a child would find themselves in
  • Leads to disorganised thinking in adulthood
  • Contradiction causes a ‘communication dilemma’ between messaging
  • Child will find themselves trapped in conversations feeling they are in the wrong but receive mixed messages & are unable to seek clarification
  • If they get it wrong they are punished with the withdrawal of love
  • Leads to schiz in adulthood
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Outline High Expressed Emotion (H.E.E.)?
Who was involved in the theory?

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  • H.E.E. (negative emotion) expressed towards the patient by carers
  • Family communication style which involves criticism, hostility & emotional over-involvement
  • This maintains schiz not causes it
  • Brown (1958) found schiz patients returning to low EE households had less chance of relapse than those returning to HEE households
  • HEE causes stress causing relapse
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Outline family schism?
Outline family skew?

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  • Fathers can be as disturbed & pathological than mother & both from rivalling factions
  • Often one parent uses child to complete his/her life
  • There is one parent, often mother, who dominates household, whilst the other is submissive
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