Family Systems Theory

Question 1

Why you should make the family of your patients your friends

Answer 1

Triadic relationship
Illness' impact on family
Family's impact on illness
Family as therapeutic ally
Family as life enhancing
Family can compete or co manage
Family decides
Doctor is automatically and implicitly a part of the family system

Question 2

An entity composed of discrete parts which are connected in such a way that a change in one part results in changes in all the parts

Answer 2

System

Question 3

Criteria for membership in a family

Answer 3

emotional significance

enduring ties

Question 4

Types of changes in the system

Answer 4

Linear vs Circular thinking

Equilibrium vs. Homeostasis

Question 5

Type of thinking wherein A affects B who affects C

Answer 5

Linear thinking

Question 6

Type of thinking wherein changes in A affect several member in the system and the effects propagate

Answer 6

Circular thinking

Question 7

A balance or stability that the system tries to attain when changes are introduced, the system tries to return to the previous equilibrium or a new equilibrium

Answer 7

Equilibrium

Question 8

The tendency to resist changes within the system, neutral to whether the change is good or bad for you

Answer 8

Homeostasis

Question 9

Different “Medical Roles” in the family

Answer 9

Family Physician
Nurse or First assistant
Specialty consultant
Medical board of directors

Question 10

“Medical Role” in the family wherein the person gives a diagnosis

Answer 10

Family Physician

Question 11

“Medical Role” in the family wherein the person helps the sick patient

Answer 11

Nurse/First assistant

Question 12

“Medical Role” in the family wherein the person is approached when others are unsure how to proceed

Answer 12

Specialty consultant

Question 13

“Medical Role” in the family wherein the person dictates who gets admitted in the family

Answer 13

Medical Board of Directors

Question 14

Normal Triangulation

Answer 14

Third person as mediator

Question 15

Harmful triangulation

Answer 15

Detouring of conflict
Symptom carrier
Identified patient
Family hero

Question 16

The third member of the triangle serves as a means of diverting attention from the real problem

Answer 16

Detouring conflict

Question 17

A member of the triangle manifests a symptom as a result of a problems in a triangular relationship

Answer 17

Symptom carrier

Question 18

Prevents the family from breaking up

Answer 18

Family hero

Question 19

A triangle relationship wherein the relationship alliances are not consistent and change from situation to situation

Answer 19

Karpman’s Drama Triangle

Question 20

Alliances in families that are formed for the purpose of decision-making

Answer 20

Coalition

Question 21

Has to do with the emotionality present in the family

Answer 21

Resonance

Question 22

Connected and emphatic resonance

Answer 22

Enmeshed

Question 23

Distant relationship with little emotional connection

Answer 23

Disengagement

Question 24

Types or rules

Answer 24

Overt or Covert

Clear, rigid or diffused

Question 25

Rules that are explicitly enforced in the family

Answer 25

Overt

Question 26

Rules that are implicit, unsaid but still expected

Answer 26

Covert

Question 27

Govern rules between members of the system

Answer 27

Boundaries

Question 28

Negotiable rules that are discussed between two members

Answer 28

Clear Boundaries

Question 29

Non-negotiable rules

Answer 29

Rigid boundaries

Question 30

Boundaries characterized by allowable intrusions, sometimes masquerading as dysfunctions

Answer 30

Diffused boundaries

Question 31

Relationships where much of the boundaries are diffused

Answer 31

Overinvolved

Question 32

Behavioral patterns in the family that repeat over time | The behavioral skeleton around which family life is built

Answer 32

Family structures

Question 33

F. Landa Jocano's Traditional Filipino Kinship systems General characteristics

Answer 33

1) First duty is to kin 2) Utang na loob 3) Modesty, show less negative feeling in public 4) Dignity and honor