Family Dysfunctions

AO1:

- rejecting and controlling

- Fromm- Riechmann's Psychodynamic explanation

- cold, rejecting, creating family climate of tension and secrecy

LEADS TO 

Distrust and Parnioc Delusions

AO1: 

- Conflicting family communication

- Bateson et al.- child may be regularly be trapped in situtaions where they do not want to do the wrong thing, but recieve conflicting messages

- Dont want to do wrong thing

- Get conflicting messages

- Can't express feelings

'Get it wrong' = feeling punished by withdrawal of love

LEADS TO 

disorganised thoughts and delusions

AO1:

- Criticsm and hostility lead to relapse of patient

EE= levels of expressed emotion towards patient

- Verbal criticism

-Hostility towards patient

- Emotional over involvement

LEADS TO 

Stress- primary casue of relaspe in patients

- Retrospective:

Read et al. reviwed 46 studies

BUT 

lack of validity- collected through recall

-Weak evidence 

Lack of evidence for schizophrenigenic mother and double bind

Biological factors overlooked

Diathesis model 

genetics

Evidence:

Stirling et al 

Useful for therapy- CBT and family therapy