Social Psychological Reasons of Sz

Question 1

• Schizophrenia is at higher risks in cities like Chicago than the outskirts
• this can be due to pollution, overcrowding and exposure to toxins
• in 2050 it is expected that 66% of the population will live in an urban area

Answer 1

-Faris and Dunbar

Question 2

Social Isolation

• schizophrenics have less friends who they can interact with and gain feedback on their thoughts, but they withdraw and make themselves worse

Answer 2

-Faris

Question 3

• Ethnicity and Discrimination
• there’s a higher rate of Sz in Afro-Caribbean but this isn’t the case in the actual Caribbean
• they are more likely to be put into a psychiatric ward due to discrimination which makes them worse
• stress of migration may also play apart

Answer 3

No person to remember just fact

Question 4

• Dysfunction Families
• Families can act as a catalyst of Sz and play a big part in relapse rates
• Double blind theory states that communication difficulties can increase the risk of Sz
• conflicting messages to children can perceive their environment in terms of contradictory input - hallucinations and delusions

Answer 4

• Bateson et al - double blind theory

Question 5

• Expressed emotions by parents

- relapse rates are higher going into House holds with parents / wives than siblings

Answer 5

• Brown 1959

Question 6

4 components of expressed emotions

1. Critical comments - high EE givers annoyed by behaviour whereas low EE givers are not
2. Hostility - rejection
3. Emotional over-involvement - overly happy
4. Warmth - low EE - smiling and empathic

Answer 6

• all can cause relapse