AO3 - Dysfunctional Thought Processing Schizophrenia

• Cognitive theories do not explain the cause of schizophrenia or what has led to the deficits.
• If the problems with metacognition can be established patients can be treated and helped to overcome these deficits.
• Metacognition is a hypothetical concept and can only be investigated by observing behaviour on various tests or assessments. This raises issues about the reliability and validity of this idea.
• If cognitive therapies are used alongside biological interventions it can lead to successful outcomes for patients with schizophrenia.
• Cognitive explanations focus on individual experiences and patients feelings and beliefs, rather than relying on the interpretations of others.
• Cognitive explanations are reductionist as they ignore any biological causes of schizophrenia.
• Cognitive explanations of schizophrenia on their own only provide partial explanations for the disorder.