3.2.4 Dysfunctional Families Evaluation (Sch)

Question 1

(lack of research support) many studies highlight what?

Answer 1

communication difficulties

Question 2

(lack of research support) there is lack of research to support what theory?

Answer 2

double bind communication

Question 3

(lack of research support) Liem gave structured tasks to parents of who?

Answer 3

11 sons with schizophrenia

11 sons without

Question 4

(lack of research support) Liem found what between the parents communication with schizophrenic and non schizophrenic sons?

Answer 4

communication was no more disordered

Question 5

(lack of research support) Liem’s research caused him to question what?

Answer 5

cause or effect relationship

Question 6

(lack of research support) does double bind cause schizophrenia or does?

Answer 6

schizophrenia cause double bind

Question 7

(lack of research support) if the theory was correct what would you expect?

Answer 7

all/most children in the family to develop schizophrenia

Question 8

(origins) to be a complete explanation what needs to be offered?

Answer 8

the origins of dysfunctional communications

Question 9

(origins) Koopmans - double bind communication arises at times of what?

Answer 9

family disruption

Question 10

(origins) Koopmans - what is there little evidence of?

Answer 10

empirical research support between disruption and double bind communication

Question 11

(origins) Koopmans - there is also an ethical issue of what?

Answer 11

blaming patients/their families

Question 12

(origins) it has been suggested double bind communications are a symptom of what?

Answer 12

mental illness/pathology

Question 13

(origins) it may be pathology that is a greater issue than what?

Answer 13

communications

Question 14

(origins) what does the lack of origins do to this explanation?

Answer 14

weakens it

Question 15

(origins) Bateson didn’t claim double bind was a whole explanation rather he said it was what?

Answer 15

a risk factor

Question 16

(EE research support) there is a lot of evidence to support the role of expression of emotion in what?

Answer 16

relapse of schizophrenia

Question 17

(EE research support) Vaughan and Leff - in high EE homes with high contact and no medication, what was the rate of relapse?

Answer 17

90%

Question 18

(EE research support) Vaughan and Leff - in low EE homes what was the rate of relapse?

Answer 18

10%

Question 19

(EE research support) Vaughan and Leff - in high EE homes what was the rate of relapse?

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

(EE research support) in prospective studies what were high risk children?

Answer 20

those with a parent with schizophrenia

Question 21

(EE research support) high risk children who developed schizophrenia were more likely to come from where?

Answer 21

high EE homes characterised by negative relationships

Question 22

(EE research support) Marcus - Israeli high risk study - none of the high risk children with good parenting did what?

Answer 22

developed schizophrenia

Question 23

(EE research support) Kavanagh - people with schizophrenia in high risk families were how many times more likely to relapse than those in low EE families?

Answer 23

4x

Question 24

(EE research support) not all research supports EE as a predictor of what?

Answer 24

relapse

Question 25

(EE research support) McCreadie and Philips failed to find what?

Answer 25

increase in 6 and 12 month relapse rates among individuals with schizophrenia living in high risk homes

Question 26

(EE research support) McCreadie and Philips research suggest although EE may be a significant relapse factor in some, it is not what?

Answer 26

the only one

Question 27

(genes or environment) what is it difficult to separate?

Answer 27

whether it is the result of families having the same genes or same environment

Question 28

(genes or environment) the schizophrenia working group of psychiatric genomics consitorium have found what?

Answer 28

108 genetic loci associated with schizophrenia

Question 29

(genes or environment) which explanation has more supporting evidence?

Answer 29

genetics

Question 30

(genes or environment) it may be dysfunctional communication is what?

Answer 30

a CV

Question 31

(genes or environment) genetics leads to poor mental health which then leads to what?

Answer 31

poor communication

Question 32

(conclusion) what would be a better way to look at schizophrenia?

Answer 32

diathesis stress model

genes and environment both contribute