The Interactionist Approach:

• What is the interactionist approach?

  • ‘Biosocial’ approach
  • Acknowledges biological (genetic vulnerability, neurochemical and neurological abnormality), psychological (stress from life events, daily hassles) and social factors in the development of schizophrenia
• How does the diathesis-stress model apply to Schizophrenia?

  explained as the result of an underlying vulnerability (diathesis) paired with a trigger (stress)