ABSTRACT
The parents were asked to rate a series often theories of causation of Schizophrenia in terms of importance as an explanation for the disorder. The theories were a mixture of organic and psychosocial explanations namely: genetic theory, family imbalance theory, viral theory, schizophrenogenic mother, neurotransmitter disorder, structural brain pathology theory, life event theory, fragmented family communication theory, scapegoating theory and the double-bind theory. A database had been specifically developed to contain the information necessary to select those patients at Rampton Hospital who suffered from Schizophrenia only, and from there to identify parents who would be suitable parents to interview. A separate database was constructed to contain the information collected from both groups of interview parents, a separate record for each parent. There were some apparent inconsistencies in the results between the structured components of the interview and the analysis and the tape recorded interviews.
