family disfuction

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Double bind theory
Children who frequently receive mixed messages from their parents are more likely to develop schiz. For example if a mum says they love their child but then neglects them then the child's ability to respond to the mother is lost because they will not know
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Expressed emotion
The family of the patient is too concerned and over-involved in what is going on with the patient’s life.
This shows that people with schiz have a lower tolerance to intense environmental stimuli., particularly intense emotional comments and interactions
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Evaluation -
Family relationships
the importance of family relationships in schiz was demonstrated in an adoption study by Tienari
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Evaluation
Double bind theory
there is some evidence to support this particular account of how family relationships may lead to schiz. Despite these inconsistencies in research support Gibney that the real value of double bind theory is that it led to development of family therapy.
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The nature of family therapy
Family therapy is typically offered for a period of time between 3 to 12 months and at least ten sessions. Family based interventions are aimed at reducing the level of expressed emotion within the family, as expressed emotion has been demonstrated to inc
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Key study: Pharoah
Procedure pharoah received 53 studies published between 2002 and 2010 to investigate the effectiveness of family intervention. Studies chosen were conducted in Europe, Asia and North America. The studies compared outcomes from family therapy to 'standard'
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Key study: Pharoah
Findings -
Mental state - mixed impression
Compliance with medication - family therapy increased it.
Social functioning - FT did not appear to have much of an effect.
Reduction in relapse and readmission - reduction in relapse in the 24 months after.
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Evaluation
why is family therapy effective?
the improvements in mental stare and social functioning foind in the Pharoah et al. study may not be a direct result of family therapy.
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Evaluation
A methodological limitation
in the pharoah study methodological quality wa compromised in those studies where the raters were not blinded to the condition to which participants had been allocated
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