Family therapy Flashcards
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Family therapy
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name given to a range of interventions aimed at the family of a patient with SZ
- aims to improve the quality of communication and interactions to reduce stress and prevent rehospitalisation
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How does family therapy work
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- Psychoeducation
- forming alliance
- aims to reduce levels of expressed emotion and stress
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Family therapy sessions
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3-12 months, 10 sessions at least
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Other areas of psychological explanations, family therapy helps with
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- expressed emotion- reduces
- double bind- improvement in communication
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Impact family therapy has on family
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- improves outcomes for patients
- 60% positive impact
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A03 of family therapy
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- social sensitivity
- difficult to distinguish effective and ineffective interventions- more to do with medication compliance
- makes lives more manageable, but doesn’t cure
- motivation is required
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