THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERACTIONIST APPROACH IN EXPLAINING

THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERACTIONIST APPROACH IN EXPLAINING AND TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA THE DIATHESIS STRESS MODEL

KNOWLEDGE TEST

DIATHESIS STRESS MODELEXPLAIN

GROUP QUESTIONS In two groups Devise a way to find the answers and share them in 10 minutes ready for a game after!

DARTS! Every correct question will be that amount of marks. Each student must play a part!

DARTS: EACH TIME YOU THROW YOUR QUESTION IS WORTH THE MARKS ON THE BOARD. Q 1: What is a diathesis-stress model in a sentence? Q 10: What where the two groups in the study? Q 2: What is meant by diathesis? Q 11: Which finding supports a diathesis? Q 3: What has led to the view that there is a diathesis Q 12: Which finding supports a stressor? in schizophrenia? Q 4: why have some questioned the nature of a diathesis in schizophrenia? Q 5: What is a meant by a stressor? Q 6: Give two examples of stressors? Q 7: What has led to the view that stressors are involved in schizophrenia? Q 8: What is meant by the idea that schizophrenia is additive? Q 9: How many PPs in Tienari’s study? Q 13: Any issues with the evidence? Q 14: What else could a diathesis be as opposed to genetic? Q 15: Why is this complication in what a diathesis is an issue? Q 16: What is meant by implications for treatment? Q 17: What treatment could be used for stressor? Q 18: What treatment could be used for the diathesis?

THIS IS ALSO YOUR ESSAY PLAN! Q 1: What is a diathesis-stress model in a sentence? Q 10: What where the two groups in the study? Q 2: What is meant by diathesis? Q 11: Which finding supports a diathesis? Q 3: What has led to the view that there is a diathesis Q 12: Which finding supports a stressor? in schizophrenia? Q 4: why have some questioned the nature of a diathesis in schizophrenia? Q 5: What is a meant by a stressor? Q 6: Give two examples of stressors? Q 7: What has led to the view that stressors are involved in schizophrenia? Q 8: What is meant by the idea that schizophrenia is addictive? Q 9: How many PPs in Tienari’s study? Q 13: Any issues with the evidence? Q 14: What else could a diathesis be as opposed to genetic? Q 15: Why is this complication in what a diathesis is an issue? Q 16: What is meant by implications for treatment? Q 17: What treatment could be used for stressor? Q 18: What treatment could be used for the diathesis?

1. Interaction between biological (diathesis) and environment (stress). Both are in varying degrees. 2. Diathesis is genetic. 3. Research into twin studies such…? 4. Twin studies inconclusive 5. Trauma, life event, urbanisation 6. Trauma, life event, urbanisation 7. Varese ‘ 12 trauma pre age 6 2 x more likely to get it. Vassos et al ‘ 12 2. 37 higher risk in urbanised. 8. Stress+Diathesis=disorder 9. 303 10. 145 adopted away from Schizophrenic mum (high risk) 115 adoptees (low risk) 1. Tienari/Gottesman ‘ 91 2 parents=46% 1 parent 13% 2. Tienari/Varese/Vassos 3. Tiernari- only interviewed at one point, hard to tell if family or adoptee was the stressed one or not. Not 100% conclusive. Varese and Vasos correlational. 4. Could be a stressful life event in itself? Biological? Birth abnormality? 5. Hard to identify and address the real causes 6. Both bio and psych. 7. Borglum et al ’ 14 ntiviral medication during pregnancy.

ESSAY- PEER MARK!

AO 1 STRUCTURE Underlying Assumptions Outline of theory Examples Predictio n

ONLY QUESTION SO FAR…

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IMPROVING ISSUES IN DIAGNOSIS ESSAYS

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