Dysfunctional Family Relationships 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologySchizophreniaA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: LizardCrepeCreated on: 10-06-16 18:27 What does the DFR explanation say causes schizophrenia? Early childhood traumas such as dysfunctional family relationships 1 of 21 What happens when a child experiences trauma that can lead to Schizophrenia? The trauma is repressed using defence mechanisms 2 of 21 What happens when trauma is repressed by defence mechanisms? A unconscious conflict is created that manifests in adulthood 3 of 21 What happens to children with poor family relationships? Their perception of reality and interactions can be effected 4 of 21 What is the result of changed perceptions of reality in childhood? If followed on into adulthood, schizophrenia will develop because the foundations of the mind are defective 5 of 21 What are three types of family dysfunction? Schizophenogenic Mother, Double-bind Hypothesis and Expressed Emotion 6 of 21 Who coined the idea of the Schizophrenogenic Mother? Fromm-Reichman 7 of 21 What is a Schizophrenogenic Mother? A mother who is domineering and insensitive towards her child 8 of 21 Is a Schizophrenogenic Mother over-protective or rejecting? She is both 9 of 21 Describe a Schizophrenogenic Mothers actions Actions are contradictory, she can be verbally accepting but behaviourally rejecting 10 of 21 What does contradictory actions in the Mother result in? A faulty line of communication between mother and child 11 of 21 What does faulty lines of communication cause? An onset of schizophrenia in adulthood 12 of 21 Who developed the idea of the Double-bind hypothesis? Bateson et al 13 of 21 How does double-bind communication cause a child to feel? Confused and Suspicious 14 of 21 Who developed the idea of Expressed Emotion? Brown et al 15 of 21 What does Expressed Emotion mean? How the family interactions affect the development of schizophrenia 16 of 21 What did brown et al look at? The progress of schizophrenics after they were released back to their families from hospital 17 of 21 How were families classes by Brown et al? As having high expressed emotion or low expressed emotion 18 of 21 What constitutes a high expressed emotion family? Families that express high levels of concern or hostility towards sufferer 19 of 21 What percentage of patients relapsed with high EE families compared to low EE? 58% compared to 10% 20 of 21 Have the findings of Brown et al's study been replicated? Yes 21 of 21
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