Family therapy in trouble: psychoeducation as solution and as problem

• Published in: Family process Vol. 27; no. 3; p. 327
• Main Authors: Hunter, D E, Hoffnung, R J, Ferholt, J B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.1988
• Subjects: Family Therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - etiology; Mental Disorders - therapy; Models, Psychological; Parent-Child Relations; Schizophrenia - etiology; Schizophrenia - therapy

The authors cite clinical literature attesting to the importance of recognizing the family, rather than the individual, as the proper locus of conceptualizing, diagnosing, and treating mental illnesses. Specifically with regard to severe psychiatric illnesses, in particular schizophrenia, family dys...