Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia

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AS level Psychology (Schizophrenia) Mind Map on Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia, created by Grace Fawcitt on 09/11/2017.
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Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia
  1. Family dysfunction
    1. Schizophrenogenic Mother
      1. Cold and dominant
        1. Conflict in family
          1. Tension and secrecy
            1. Paranoia
              1. Hallucinations
                1. Social withdrawal
                  1. Delusions of persecution
              2. Fromm-Reichmann
                1. Discussion
                  1. Interviewed patients who already had schizophrenia
                    1. Deluded so may believe mother was schizophrenogenic
                2. Double bind theory
                  1. Battlesan 1972
                    1. Faulty communication
                      1. Contradictory messages
                      2. Confusion and fear of doing the wrong thing
                        1. Development of behaviours to avoid double bind situation
                          1. Symptoms
                            1. Avolition
                              1. Social withdrawal
                            2. Expressed emotion
                              1. High levels of negative expressed emotions
                                1. Causes stress
                                2. Correlated with high relapse rates
                                  1. Criticism
                                    1. Hostility
                                      1. Emotional Over-involvement
                                      2. Cognitive explanations
                                        1. Dysfunctional metarepresentation
                                          1. Disruption in the ability to recognise one's own actions and thoughts
                                            1. Causes hallucinations
                                          2. Dysfunctional thought processing
                                            1. Reduced processing in cingulate and temporal gyri cause positive symptoms
                                              1. Reduced processing in the ventral striatum cause negative symptoms
                                              2. Lack of central control
                                                1. Inability to suppress automatic thoughts and speech
                                                  1. Causes disorganised speech and thought disorder
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