5. Psychological Explanation For Schizophrenia AO1 Flashcards
What did Fromm-Reichmann study?
Psychodynamic explanations based in parents’ early experiences of schizophrenic mothers
What are schizophrenic mothers
Mothers who cause schizophrenia
What are the characteristics of schizophrenic mothers
Cold, rejecting and controlling - create a family climate of tension and secrecy - which leads to distrust and paranoid delusions and even schizophrenia
Who did Fromm-Reichmann study
Schizophrenic mothers
What was Bateson at el procedure?
He describes how a child may be regularly trapped in situations where they for doing the wrong thing, but received conflicting messages about what counts as wrong - cannot express their feelings about the unfairness of the situation
What happens when a child gets it wrong
The child is punished by withdrawal of love - they learn the world is confusing and dangerous - leading to disorganised thinking and delusions
What did Bateson at el study
Double-bind theory
What is expressed emotion
The level of emotion expressed towards the schizophrenic patient
What does expressed emotion include
- Verbal criticism of the patient
- Hostility towards them
- Emotional over-involvement in their life
What to high levels of expressed emotion lead to
Causes stress in the patient, a primary explanation for relapse in patients with schizophrenia
What is dysfunctional thought processing
Lower levels of information processing
What does dysfunctional thought processing lead to
Suggests cognition is impaired
e.g. reduced processing in ventral striatum - negative symptoms
What is metarepresentation
The cognitive ability to reflect on thought and behaviour
What does metarepresentation lead to
This dysfunction disrupts our ability to reorganise our thoughts as our own - could lead to the sensation of hearing voices and having thoughts placed in the mind by others
What does dysfunction of central control lead to
Speech poverty
