Posted by pullmarine on October 29, 2000, at 14:48:19
In reply to Re: Schizogenesis Noa's View. more info anyone??, posted by noa on October 29, 2000, at 10:36:15
> That was a prevailing view a long time ago---schizophrenegenic mothering--based on psychdynamic views of the disease. But it has been replaced by a lot of new knowledge about the neurobiology of schizophrenia.
Yes, which does not exclude the possibility or likelyhood that environmental processes may be the cause of schizophrenic breakdowns.Before U say no, please read the section I was refering to!
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> My joke about "carriers" of depression---I guess it could be taken both literally and figuratively. For example, in my family, I probably inherited a predisposition to depression from both parents' families, tho neither of my parents has had depression. So, I came into this world with that vulnerability, and perhaps even in the most wonderful parenting environment, perhaps I would still have had the illness. However, I think that my mother is sort of a figurative "carrier" as well, in that she externalizes all her conflicts--quite critical of others, etc. The mismatch between my sensitivity and her criticalness = serious depression.
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> But with schizophrenia, I believe the research shows that overwhelmingly, biology overrides environment. I'm not so sure. As far as I know psythcological reactions occur along a continuum, with some reactions being more severe than others.
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> In a recent special issue of Newsweek, there was an article about how innate temperament in infants precipitated maladaptive parenting behaviors in otherwise capable parents, causing a pattern of interactions that escalates the problems the babies were born with in the first place.Yes, this makes sense, but is the temperament entirely inborn?
So, the influence is bidirectional.
Do u mean that both inate and environmental factors interact?
JOHN
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