Family Therapy for Schizophrenia | AO1 (A Level Psychology Revision)
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AQA Psychology A Level Paper 3 Schizophrenia
Family Therapy for Schizophrenia | AO1 (A Level Psychology Revision)
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Family Therapy is also referred to as Psychoeducation and was developed by Anderson in 1980 to counter the problem of high Expressed Emotion in families.
Aims of Family Therapy
To educate relatives about schizophrenia.
To stabilize the social authority of the doctor and the family.
To improve how the family communicated and handled the situation.
To teach patients and carers more effective stress management techniques.
Methods used in Family Therapy
Families taught to have weekly family meetings solving problems on family and individual goals, resolve conflict between members, and pinpoint stressors.
Preliminary analysis: Through interviews and observation the therapist identifies strengths and weaknesses of family members and identifies problem behaviors.
Information transfer – teaching the patient and the family the actual facts about the illness, it’s causes, the influence of drug abuse, and the effect of stress and guilt.
Communication skills training – teach family to listen, to express emotions and to discuss things. • Additional communication skills are taught, such as “compromise and negotiation,” and “requesting a time out” . This is mainly aimed at lowering expressed emotion.
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A study by Anderson et al. (1991) found a relapse rate of almost 40% when patients had drugs only, compared to only 20 % when Family Therapy or Social Skills training were used and the relapse rate was less than 5% when both were used together with the medication.
Pharaoh et al. (2003) meta - analysis found family interventions help the patient to understand their illness and to live with it, developing emotional strength and coping skills, thus reducing rates of relapse
Economic Benefits: Family therapy is highly cost effective because it reduces relapse rates, so the patients are less likely to take up hospital beds and resources.
Lobban (2013) reports that other family members felt they were able to cope better thanks to family therapy. In more extreme cases the patient might be unable to cope with the pressures of having to discuss their ideas and feelings and could become stressed by the therapy, or over-fixated with the details of their illness.
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