Family Therapy

Question 1

What is family therapy?

Answer 1

Involves a series of interventions aimed towards the family of those with SZ

Question 2

What strategies does family therapy use to reduce levels of EE?

Answer 2

• Psychoeducation - to understand and be better able to deal with SZ
• Creating an alliance with relatives
• Reducing emotional climate
• Enhancing ability to anticipate and solve problems
• Reducing expressions of anger and guilt in family members
• Reasonable expectations of recovery
• Maintaining some degree of separation when needed

Question 3

What’s the nature of family therapy?

Answer 3

• Offered in a period of between 3 and 12 months with at least 10 sessions
• Reducing expressed emotion to lower relapse rates
• Provides family members with info about SZ - ways of supporting those with disorder & resolving any practical problems
• Should include person with Sz - may be suspicious about their treatment & involving them in therapy helps to overcome this