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Rural multi‐problem families
Author(s) -
Craig Brian,
Hurry Dorothy
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1981.00550.x
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , psychopathology , set (abstract data type) , task (project management) , social isolation , psychology , family therapy , psychotherapist , psychiatry , computer science , economics , management , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , programming language
Despite the apparently lower prevalence of notified dysfunction in the country, when severe individual and family psychopathology does exist it often engenders considerable stigmatization and social isolation. The resulting creation of ‘one‐family ghettos’ tends to heighten family dysfunction, producing a new set of specific and frequently more severe difficulties for the therapist. Some case histories are cited to illustrate these problems, and the authors discuss their treatment regime which is domiciliary, focused in the here‐and‐now, active and task‐centred.