Psychological explanations of schizophrenia
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- Psychological explanations
- Psychological theories
- Psychodynamic view of schizophrenia - result of regression to pre-ego stage and attempts to re-establish ego control.
- Very little evidence to support psychodynamic view of schizophrenia.
- Some schizophrenic symptoms reflect infantile state, other symptoms are an attempt to re-establish control
- Further features of disorder appear as individuals attempt to understand their experiences.
- They may reject feedback from others and develop delusional beliefs.
- Behaviour of parents assumed to be key influence in development of schizophrenia but may be consequence rather than cure.
- Cognitive explanation supported by neurophysiological evidence (Meyer-lindenberg et al., 2002).
- Psychodynamic view of schizophrenia - result of regression to pre-ego stage and attempts to re-establish ego control.
- Socio-cultural factors
- Prior to schizophrenic episode, patients report twice as many stressful life events.
- Some evidence challenges link between life events and schizophrenia.
- Evidence for link is only correlational not causal.
- Some evidence challenges link between life events and schizophrenia.
- Double-bind theory - contradictory messages from parents prevent coherent construction of reality, leads to schizophrenic symptoms.
- leads to stress beyond impaired coping mechanisms and so schizophrenic.
- Supported by Berger (1965) - schizophrenics recalled more double-bind statements from mothers.
- Expressed emotion - family communication style involving criticism, hostility and emotional over-involvement.
- leads to stress beyond impaired coping mechanisms and so schizophrenic.
- Has led to effective therapy for relatives.
- labelling theory - symptoms of schizophrenia seen as deviant from rules ascribed to normal experience. Diagnostic label leads to self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Scheff (1974) - 13 of 18 studies consistent with predictions of labelling theory.
- Prior to schizophrenic episode, patients report twice as many stressful life events.
- Psychological theories
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