Psychodynamic Explaination of Schizophrenia

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GCSE A-level/GCSE stuff pls ignore Flashcards on Psychodynamic Explaination of Schizophrenia, created by Luke Marney on 01/09/2015.
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Personality component that works to satisfy basic urges, needs and desires? Id
Personality component that mediates the demands of the 'Id' and 'Superego'? Ego
Personality component that is composed of our internalized ideals... tries to suppress the 'Id' and make the 'Ego' behave morally? Superego
How can having 'cold' and 'uncaring' parents cause schizophrenia? The ego deploys defense mechanisms, resulting in a weak ego that 'shatters' under the strain... leaving the Id in control
What defense mechanism will the ego deploy to protect a person from emotional trauma? Regression to an earlier stage of development... in the case of schizophrenia the 'oral stage'
How will 'regression' to the 'oral stage' of development cause schizophrenia? An individual will become so focused on themselves they lose touch with reality and become unable to distinguish between their actual needs and fanatsies
In the psychodynamic approach, what does 'EE' stand for? Expressed emotion - referring to emotional tension
The Family System Theory: Fromm-Reichman (1948) Schizophrenia is caused by families with a high 'EE', or 'schizophrenic' families with high emotional tension, secrets, conflict ETC...
Research into the Family system theory: Brown et al (1966) Found that 10% of schizophrenia suffers returning to 'low EE' homes relapsed... while 58% of those returning to 'high EE' homes relapsed
Research into the psychodynamic approach: Waring and Ricks (1995) Mothers of schizophrenia suffers tend to be anxious, shy and withdrawn... rather than cold and uncaring
Evaluative Point - Biological Therapies The success of biological therapies (e.g. DRUGS) suggests that the Freudian approach may not be adequate
Evaluation Point - Falsifiability Very little of psychodynamic perspective cannot be proven or disproven... as such it lacks empirical evidence :(
Evaluation Point - The Family? Research has shown that schizophrenics can still relapse even when kept away from their families. So is the family the real trigger for schizophrenia?
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