Evaluation of Urbanicity and SZ

Question 1

+ Correlation

Answer 1

There is a significant correlation between urban dwelling and SZ - supports relationship BUT does not suggest cause and effect

Question 2

+ Treatments

Answer 2

Urbanicity has led to treatments such as improving mental health services in communities, reducing overcrowding, and encouraging neighbourhood cohesion - practical application to improve lives of sufferers, and adds validity if successful treatments can be developed

Question 3

• Hard to isolate cause

Answer 3

It is hard to isolate social factors within the urban environment as a direct cause. From toxins in pollution to overcrowding, no one factor can be measured alone - hard to control variables and difficult to establish causal factor

Question 4

• Correlational data

Answer 4

Most data looking at urbanicity is correlational - data does not establish a clear cause of SZ, only a correlation and no cause and effect