Select the responses which are true regarding the interactional ...

[Redwolflake15]

Select the responses which are true regarding the interactional model for schizophrenia. Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. People with schizophrenia have a greater potential for vulnerability to stress.
  2. People with schizophrenia have a greater likelihood of relapsing if they are from families demonstrating high expressed emotion (EE).
  3. People with schizophrenia are less sensitive to interpersonal stressors.
  4. Vulnerability, stressors, and risk factors enhance and potentiate each other in people with schizophrenia.
  5. People with schizophrenia are less responsive to environmental stressors.

Question 2

Which of the following group therapies would be most helpful for clients diagnosed with severe and persistent schizophrenia who are living in a nursing home?
 
  1. Bible-study groups
  2. Dialectical behavior groups
  3. Mutual-help groups
  4. Social skills training groups

[mcinincha279]

Answer to Question 1

1,2,4
Rationale: People with schizophrenia have a greater potential for vulnerability to stress. The stressors a client with schizophrenia experiences can overwhelm the resources available and symptoms result.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: Older people with severe and persistent schizophrenia can learn and maintain new skills and report improved functioning after cognitive behavioral social skills training. Mutual help groups do not provide enough structure for schizophrenic clients. Bible study groups may increase religious delusions. Dialectical behavior groups require understanding of abstract concepts that may be too difficult for severe and persistent schizophrenic clients to grasp.