psychological explans of sz

• conditions in dysfunctional familys could result in sz
• schizophreniogenic mother could also cause sz
• sz mother is cold, dominant causes conflict and a state of tension within the household
• bateson - double bind
• double bind - faulty communication could lead to contradictiary methods for children which can lead to developing sz
• expressed emotion - environment ocntains high levels of hostility and criticism which can correlate with sz and lead to higher relapse rates
• cognitive explanations - dysfunctional thought processing leading to delusions and paranoia
• eval of sz mother - social sensitivity - ethical issues
• berger - support for double bind - those with sz have a hgiher recall of double bind than those without sz
• hoffman - criticises causation in double bind - may have already had sz but paranoia caused communication to become confused and interpreted as double bind
• brown - 58% of sx sufferes from an ee family relapsed
• ee eval - issue if its causal or just a reacion
• ee strength - family therapy reduces ee and levels of sz
• firth - a persons own inner cognitions are being wrongly attributed to external sources that are trying to gain control
• strength of cognitive explan - stirling - sz patients did stroop test - showed those with sz have dysfunctional thought processing
• cognitive explan strength - cbt is an effective treatment