SCHZ 3 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What does family dysfunction suggest in relation to schizophrenia?
Problematic family interactions contribute to the development of schizophrenia.
Define ‘schizophrenogenic mother’.
A mother believed to create schizophrenia in her child.
What are the characteristics of a ‘schizophrenogenic mother’?
- Cold, rejecting, and controlling relationship with the child
- Passive father figure
What impact does a stressful household environment have on children?
Leads to psychotic thinking and results in paranoid delusions.
Explain the Double Bind Theory.
The child receives conflicting messages about expected behavior within the family.
Give an example of conflicting messages in the Double Bind Theory.
- Encouraging independence but being overprotective.
What is expressed emotion (EE)?
The attitudes and emotions caregivers express toward the person with schizophrenia.
What are some problematic social interactions associated with expressed emotion?
- Exaggerated involvement
- Criticism and control
- Hostility
What did Butzlaff and Hooley’s meta-analysis find regarding expressed emotion?
Relapse rates were significantly higher for individuals with schizophrenia in families with high levels of expressed emotion.
What was the finding of Tienari’s Adoption Study?
36.8% of children adopted into psychologically unhealthy families developed schizophrenia.
What do cognitive theories propose about schizophrenia?
It arises from dysfunctional thought processes.
What does Firth’s Attention Deficit Theory state?
Individuals with schizophrenia cannot filter preconscious thoughts.
What is the impact of a lack of central control in schizophrenia?
Difficulty resisting automatic actions, leading to delusions and speech derailment.
Define central control.
The ability to perform deliberate actions and suppress automatic responses.
What is meta-representation?
Awareness that one is responsible for their own thoughts and actions.
What issues arise from faulty meta-representation?
Feeling that thoughts and actions are controlled by an external force.
What does schema refer to?
Mental shortcuts or templates used to understand and interact with the world.
What did Hemsley’s Theory suggest?
Breakdown between new sensory information and activation of appropriate schemas.
What evidence did Firth’s brain imaging research provide?
Reduced blood flow to the frontal cortex in patients with negative symptoms.
What did Stirling’s Stroop Test reveal about schizophrenia patients?
They took twice as long to name ink colors, suggesting dysfunction in central control.
What does the success of family therapy support?
The role of family dysfunction in schizophrenia.
What does the success of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) support?
Cognitive causes of schizophrenia.
True or False: Blaming families for schizophrenia can cause additional anxiety and distress.
True
What is a potential issue with the causation of family dysfunction?
It may be a result of the sufferer’s behavior, not the cause of schizophrenia.
