Social explanation 1 - Socio cultural factors Flashcards
(31 cards)
What is the A01 Content?
- Urbancity
- Social Isolation
- Ethnicity and discrimination
In which area that people live in are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia?
Urban
What did Faris and Durham find?
They reported a greater incidence of schizophrenia when comparing densely populated areas of Chicago and the less dense outskirt areas.
What did Jim Van Os find?
He found that the incidence of schizophrenia was higher in people born and raised in urban areas.
Within urban areas, where were the highest levels of schizophrenia found?
Areas of ethnic conflict and areas of high social mobility.
What factors of an urban were identified to be responsible for an increased risk of schizophrenia?
- Environmental polluting
- Overcrowding
- Drug abuse
- Exposure to toxins
- Social stress
What 2 other factors were later identified to be a factor?
- Nature exposure
- Access to resources
What is the typical social life like for schizophrenics?
They tend to be socially isolated, have few friends and not in contact with family.
What may cause a schizophrenic to become socially isolated?
They find social interaction too difficult and their behaviours may be disturbing to others.
How may social isolation be self imposed and how would this affect the illness?
The schizophrenic may find interaction with others highly stressful and therefore withdraw from society. This may worsen the illness as they don’t receive feedback so their strange behaviour becomes normal.
What did Faris suggest?
He suggested that when these schizophrenics withdraw themselves they are unable to receive positive feedback, this means that they behaviour will not be corrected and will remain.
What did Jones et al do and find?
Did a longitudinal study and found that those diagnosed with schizophrenia at a later age were the ones who preferred solitary play when they were young and rated themselves as less socially confident.
How may a lack of social interaction affect a child later in life?
They may be more prone to anxiety and stress, inappropriate will be nurtured by themselves rather than corrected.
How could lack of social interaction explain delusional thoughts?
Usually delusional thoughts come and go as we have people around us to assure us we are being irrational but those without these social groups allow the thoughts to continue.
How may social isolation affect the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is usually treated much more effectively went caught early if individuals lack a social support network these symptoms may go unnoticed and so the illness becomes much more developed and difficult to treat. The symptoms are so ingrained.
How does social isolation link to urbanity?
Those living in an urban area are more likely to be socially isolated. They do not live in close knit villages were an established community is more likely.
According to statistics which ethnic group is more likely to suffer from schizophrenia? And nature of their admittance?
Afro-Carribeans. More likely to be admitted against their will than voluntarily admitted.
Could this be genetic?
No as the increased risk was not consistent throughout Carribeans.
What is most likely to cause this occurrence ?
The stress of having to migrate and integrate into new foreign society
Statistics on occurrence of schizophrenia in Afro-Carribeans?
Afro-Carribeans in the UK are seven times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than white people.
What did Harrison et al find?
He found that the risk of schizophrenia development was much higher in the children of the migrants suggesting that they may experience discrimination in society and psychiatry.
What did Boydell et al find?
He found that there were more cases of schizophrenia amongst migrant groups when they formed a small proportion of the local community this could be as they suffered more racism due to being apart of the minority.
What is the social defeat hypothesis?
The idea that the more social exclusion and defeat a person experiences the more lily they are to develop a psychiatric illness.
Evaluation - Research support
- Faris and Durham
- Jim Van Os
