family dysfunctions

• What is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia (Sz)?

  Difficult relationships in childhood
• What percentage of Sz patients experienced some type of abuse in childhood according to Read et al?

  70%
• What type of attachment are adults with Sz more likely to have?

  Insecure attachment
• What did Morkved et al find regarding Sz patients and childhood trauma?

  70% have experienced some trauma
• How does family dysfunction relate to vulnerability to Sz?

  It makes people more vulnerable to Sz
• Why is the evidence for family dysfunction often considered unreliable?

  Collected after symptoms developed
• What issue arises from Sz patients recalling childhood memories?

  Memories may be distorted
• What alternative explanation is suggested to understand Sz better?

  Biological approach
• What is lacking in the evidence for family-based explanations of Sz?

  Systematic evidence
• What are the theories of the schizophrenogenic mother and double-bind based on?

  Clinical observations and informal assessments
• What bias did researchers have when studying mothers of Sz patients?

  Looking for mothers who seemed crazy
• What problem arises from the concept of 'parent blaming' in Sz?

  Mothers are blamed for their child's Sz
• Why is the explanation of family dysfunction being rejected?

  It adds insult to injury for mothers