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• What is the schizophrenogenic mother explanation for sz?

  A psychodynamic explanation suggesting that a cold, rejecting and controlling mother creates tension and stress in a child leading to SZ
• What is the double bind theory of SZ?

  Suggests that are child frequently receives contradictory messages form their parents, leading to confusion, anxiety and symptoms like disorganised thinking and delusions
• What is expressed emotion (EE) in family dysfunction?

  High levels of negative emotion, criticism, hostility or over-involvement from caregivers towards a person with SZ, increasing the risk of relapse
• What are the 2 types of psychological explanation for SZ?

  Family dysfunction and cognitive explanations
• What are the 3 types of family dysfunction?

  Schizophrenogenic mother, double bind theory, expressed emotion
• What is the cognitive explanation for SZ?

  SZ is linked to dysfunctional thought processing particularly in the ventral striatum (negative symptoms) and temporal gyro (hallucinations)
• What are the 2 cognitive explanations for SZ?

  Meta representation and central control dysfunction
• What is meta representation dysfunction?

  A cognitive issue where individuals struggle to reflect on their own thoughts and actions, leading to delusions like thoughts being placed into their minds by others
• What is central control dysfunction?

  A problem in the cognitive ability to suppress automatic responses, which results in disorganised thinking and speech as individuals are unable to filter irrelevant information