Psychological Explanations and treatments of Schizophrenia

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What are the Two different theories of family dysfunction?
Double - blind theory
and
Expressed Emotion
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Double - blind:
What is a contradictory message?
Two conflicting messages on different communication levels
eg: mother says she loves her son in a sarcastic tone
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Double - blind:
How do contradictory messages from
parents lead to development of
Schizophrenia?
- Child unable to respond to parent because of the contradictory messages

- fear of doing the wrong thing

- Child has an incoherent version of reality: world is confusing and dangerous

- Leads to disorganised thinking and paranoid delusions
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Expressed emotion:
What is expressed emotion?
An overall negative emotional climate characterised by a family communication style of
- criticism,
-hostility
- emotional over - involvement
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Outline criticism
negative comments said by family members
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outline hostility
aggressive behaviour and comments like threats
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outline emotional over - involvement
behaviour that involves interfering with other family members affairs
(These family members can be overly moralistic - have a strong sense of right & wrong)
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What causes relapse in schizophrenics?
High levels of EE influence relapse in recovering Schizophrenics due to increased stress levels
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Outline two psychological treatments of schizophrenia
Family Therapy
and
Token Economies
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What are the aims of family therapy?
- reducing levels of EE and stress

- Improve quality of communication and interaction between family members

- reduce incidents that may lead to relapse
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How does family therapy help?
improves families ability to help:
- form therapeutic alliances
- reduce emotional climate (EE)
- improve belief and behaviour towards schizophrenia
- achieve balance
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What are Token economies?
reward systems used to manage behaviour of schizophrenic patients
using operant conditioning theory
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Do token economies deal with
positive or negative symptoms?
Negative Symptoms
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What are the stages of Token economy?
1. Tokens are paired with rewarding stimuli
2. Patients engage in desirable/ positive behaviours
3. Patients are given tokens for these positive behaviours
4. Patients trade tokens for access to rewards/ privileges
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Double - blind:
What is a contradictory message?

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Two conflicting messages on different communication levels
eg: mother says she loves her son in a sarcastic tone

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Double - blind:
How do contradictory messages from
parents lead to development of
Schizophrenia?

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Card 4

Front

Expressed emotion:
What is expressed emotion?

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Card 5

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Outline criticism

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