Psychological Theories with Reference to Someone Suffering Mental Health Problems
With reference to Millie analyse how three different psychological theories would explain her mental health problems.
Millie suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, using Psychology which is defined as the study of behaviour and the science of behaviour I will attempt to understand and explain Millie’s behaviour and connect it to three specific psychological approaches.
“Biological psychology is the study of the biological, evolutionary and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience.”
Kalat. W, J (2007) Biological Psychology: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZlSbk5rUY60C&printsec=frontcover&dq=biological+psychology&source=bl&ots=PTdiKO5oZB&sig=ebpZOuBeLLRKAJhCG19aVR4dU6w&hl=en&ei=jY3ZTIyeGtCEhQf10JzPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Although we are told very little of Millie’s upbringing it could be assumed one or more of her parent’s suffered from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a genetic disease and this has been proven by the many family, twin and adoption studies carried out over the years. Irving Gottesman, who compiled many twin studies primarily on schizophrenia, found that two classes of people had a higher risk of developing schizophrenia than others. These are the offspring of two schizophrenic parents and a monozygotic co-twin of a schizophrenic. This is because these are the people who share the greatest number of genes with the schizophrenic sufferer. Therefore Millie could have been passed on the gene for schizophrenia by her parents. http://priory.com/psych/aetioschiz.htm http://www.psych.umn.edu/people/faculty/gottesman.html
Studies have also indicated that mothers who suffered from the flu virus and other infections during pregnancy and specifically during the first trimester of pregnancy (when the foetus is developing the most) are at significantly increased risk of having a child that will later in life develop schizophrenia. This is thought to be because the virus affects the
Millie suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, using Psychology which is defined as the study of behaviour and the science of behaviour I will attempt to understand and explain Millie’s behaviour and connect it to three specific psychological approaches.
“Biological psychology is the study of the biological, evolutionary and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience.”
Kalat. W, J (2007) Biological Psychology: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZlSbk5rUY60C&printsec=frontcover&dq=biological+psychology&source=bl&ots=PTdiKO5oZB&sig=ebpZOuBeLLRKAJhCG19aVR4dU6w&hl=en&ei=jY3ZTIyeGtCEhQf10JzPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Although we are told very little of Millie’s upbringing it could be assumed one or more of her parent’s suffered from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a genetic disease and this has been proven by the many family, twin and adoption studies carried out over the years. Irving Gottesman, who compiled many twin studies primarily on schizophrenia, found that two classes of people had a higher risk of developing schizophrenia than others. These are the offspring of two schizophrenic parents and a monozygotic co-twin of a schizophrenic. This is because these are the people who share the greatest number of genes with the schizophrenic sufferer. Therefore Millie could have been passed on the gene for schizophrenia by her parents. http://priory.com/psych/aetioschiz.htm http://www.psych.umn.edu/people/faculty/gottesman.html
Studies have also indicated that mothers who suffered from the flu virus and other infections during pregnancy and specifically during the first trimester of pregnancy (when the foetus is developing the most) are at significantly increased risk of having a child that will later in life develop schizophrenia. This is thought to be because the virus affects the