psychological explanations and therapy

Question 1

family therapy

Answer 1

Pharoah identified a range of strategies for family therapy
- reduces negative emotions, reducing levels of expressed emotion especially anger as it causes stress which is a leading cause of relapse
- improves families ability to help, offering theraputic alliance within a family can help the patient feel understood ensuring family are maintaining a balance between care and looking after themselves and how to respond to symptoms

Question 2

evaluation of family therapy (positives)

Answer 2

+ evidence of effectiveness - review of studies concluding that FT was one of the most consistently successful treatments for schizophrenia relapse reduced by 50-60% NICE reccommends FT for all people upon diagnosis of SZ
+ bemefits for all members of family, not just for the benefit of identified patient researchers found that this support is important because the family provide the bulk of care for the pateint