Family therapy AO3

Question 1

RTS family therapy was conducted by…

Answer 1

-Leff et al
-compared fam therapy with routine outpatient care
-found first 9 months of treatment 50% relapsed compared with 8% of those receiving family therapy

Question 2

A limitation of family therapy is that it does not get to…

Answer 2

-The root cause of SZ
-reduces stress of living with someone with SZ
-does not eliminate symptoms completely
-patients can relapse

Question 3

Alternative therapy?

Answer 3

-art therapy
-less well known and available
-allows patients to interpret their emotions and feelings and express them without using words