The interactionist approach to schizophrenia
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- Created on: 26-02-20 16:03
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- The interactionist approach to schizophrenia
- Meehl's diathesis-stress model
- vulnerability was entirely genetic due to 'schizogene' based on schizotypic personality (vulnerable to stress)
- if one does not have the schizogene, no amount of stress will give them schizophrenia
- vulnerability was entirely genetic due to 'schizogene' based on schizotypic personality (vulnerable to stress)
- the modern understanding of diathesis
- the modern understanding of stress
- parenting still important but stress is now anything that increases the risk of triggering schizophrenia
- cannabis is a stressor because it increases the risk of schizophrenia by 7x per dose as it interferes with dopamine
- not the only factor though as not everyone who smokes develops
- Houson et al
- cannabis is a stressor because it increases the risk of schizophrenia by 7x per dose as it interferes with dopamine
- not the only factor though as not everyone who smokes develops
- cannabis is a stressor because it increases the risk of schizophrenia by 7x per dose as it interferes with dopamine
- cannabis is a stressor because it increases the risk of schizophrenia by 7x per dose as it interferes with dopamine
- parenting still important but stress is now anything that increases the risk of triggering schizophrenia
- Treatment
- both biological (antipsychotic) and psychological treatments (CBT)
- Turkington et al: CBT relieves psychological symptoms
- unusual to do one without the other as they work perfectly together
- Turkington et al: CBT relieves psychological symptoms
- both biological (antipsychotic) and psychological treatments (CBT)
- Meehl's diathesis-stress model
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