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Brief systemic work in psychiatric settings where a family member has been diagnosed as schizophrenic
Author(s) -
Jones Elsa
Publication year - 1987
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..1987.00264.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , focus (optics) , psychology , systemic therapy , family member , psychiatry , family therapy , psychotherapist , medicine , family medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , cancer , breast cancer , optics
In this paper I discuss work with the families of patients diagnosed as schizophrenic. The focus is on two particular aspects of such work: special features of therapy with these families and the important preparatory contextual work that needs to be done with colleagues in the professional network.