Family therapy

Define the term "family therapy" ?

• A combination of cognitive and behavioural therapy

• The name given to a range of interventions aimed at the family of someone with a mental disorder

• Involves treatment of mental disorders via the use of antipsychotics

What are the characteristics of a schizophrogenic mother ?

• Mother's behaviour tends to be cold, rejecting and controlling.

• The mother usually acts in a caring and consoling manner toward the child.

• The mothers frequently switches between rejecting and accepting her child.

What does the "Double bind theory" state ?

• children who receive constant gratification from parents develop SZ

• children who constantly receive contradictory messages create an incoherent construction of reality resulting in SZ

• A child is constantly exposed to extremely negatives messages which results in SZ.

What is the first stage of Frank Burbach's model of family therapy

• maintenance for future

• stress management skills

• sharing basic information

• relpase prevention

One ... of family therapy is it focuses on making families better able to ... the majority of care, and so it

reduces how much the ... has to pay having huge .... advantages

However, one ....... of family therapy is that they don’t focus on actually ...... the patient of the disorder rather than just

alleviating the ...... and

...... symptoms suggesting that the

....... approach along with the .......treatments for SZ would

be a better idea .