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The attitudes of psychiatrists toward etiological theories of schizophrenia

✍ Scribed by Bernard J. Gallagher III

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1977
Tongue
English
Weight
502 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9762

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✦ Synopsis

This study is an analysis of sychiatrists' opinions on the etiology of schisophrenia. A random sample ofmembers of the American Psychiatric Association uncovers a general hesitation on their part to subscribe to any particular etiological theory. Only four theories are mewed as causally related to schizophrenia: social isolation cognitive breakdown, biochemical imbalance, and maternal deprivation. Attitudes toward etiological theories are significantly different amon psychoanalysts, behaviorists, and eclectics. Attitudes also are related to tte setting in which the psychiatrist practices.

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