Psychological explanations
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- Created on: 11-11-17 11:30
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- Psychological explanations
- Cognitive Explanations
- Delusions
- When people with sz hear voices they ask others to confirm. When others don't confirm the P thinks others are lying.
- This leads to delusional beliefs that they are being manipulated by others.
- Hallucinations
- The brains of people with sz produce unreal sensations like seeing things
- Eval
- P's were found to jump to conclusions and experience their thoughts as voices
- CBTp has shown to be effective which test the validity of their beliefs
- It doesn't explain the cause, it only explains the symptoms and only the +
- The P has a dysfunctional thought process which is when they are unable to process info correctly
- Delusions
- Family Dysfunction
- Double Bind theory
- Children who receive contradictory messages from parents are more likely to develop sz
- A mother says "I love you" but looks away in disgust
- The messages lead to the child being unable to cope and creating their own reality
- Expressed Emotion (EE)
- This states that a high level of EE in the home can: worsen the prognosis and increase the likelihood of relapse and readmission
- There are three dimensions of EE
- Emotional over-involvement when the family blames themselves for the sz. The family show concern for the P.
- Hostility is directed at the P because the family feels that sz is controllable and that the P chooses not to get better.
- Critical attitudes are when the family shows openness that sz is not all in the P's control but there is still criticism.
- The high level of EE is too much for the P to handle. This stress may cause the P to relapse.
- Eval
- Sz's recalled more double bind statements however people with sz have memory problems so they may have recalled wrong
- In Tienari's study he found that sz only came about when under appropriate environmental factors
- Not all P's who live in high EE families relapse and not all P's who live in low EE families recover
- Double Bind theory
- Cognitive Explanations
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