Family Therapy Flashcards
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That schizophrenics that received only outpatient care, relapsed 50% of the time but those in family therapy relapsed only 8% of the time.
Family therapy seeks to do 2 things, collaborate to….
- reduce expression of unhealthy negative emotions
- equip families with the means of tending one another’s needs.
This is all with the intention of creating a less stressful environment.
Family therapy does not require the _______ to be present, but a disadvantages on the other hand is that it can be distressing as we ask people to resurface tr_____
. Sufferer
. Trauma
There are also estimates that relapse rates could have been reduced by _0 % -_0% its the use of family therapy
50% - 60%
Family therapy however, requires a lot of c________ from family members with it often lasting _ months above
. Cooperation/commitment
. 9
The d______ s______ m_____ indicates that some might not be able to engage with psychological treatments and thus the explanation lacks a____________ and appears limited
. Diathesis stress model
. Application
Family therapy however is valid in that it could provide stable, long term solutions that drug therapies do not as they require c____________ use
Consistent
A problem with all psychological treatments however is that …..
They may just become another source of delusional fixation or to a paranoid schizophrenic reinforce a delusion they have about alien control systems.
Families may also feel controlled or manipulated by ___________ and become resistant
Therapists
Because of the confidentiality of CBT compared to family therapy there could be more ……..
Rapport with the sufferer and or it’s ethical as it doesn’t expose sensitive issues to a family.
50 and 8 %. What do they mean in relation to family therapy?
Relapse rates were 8 for those outpatients who’d received family therapy instead of standard outpatient processing (8%)
