Family Therapy

• Who does family therapy take place with?

  Families as well as identified patient
• What is the aim of family therapy?

  Improve quality of communication and interaction
• Family therapy aims to keep in line with theories such as schizophrenogenic mother and double-bind theory
• Who proposed strategies to improve family functioning?

  Pharoah
• What did Pharoah propose as strategies to improve family functioning?

  1. Reduce levels of expressed emotion
  2. Improve family's ability to help
• How does reducing levels of express emotion improve family functioning?

  Reduces likelihood of relapse
• How does improving family's ability to help improve family functioning?

  Encourages formation of therapeutic alliance and ensures balance between caring for individual and own lives
• Who proposed the seven phase 'Model of practice' for dealing with families dealing with schizophrenia?

  Burbach
• What are the seven phases of Burbach's 'Model of practice'

  1. Sharing basic information
  2. Identifying resources
  3. Encourage mutual understanding
  4. Identifying unhelpful patterns
  5. Skills training
  6. Relapse prevention planning
  7. Maintenance for future
• What is the first phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Sharing basic information
• What is the second phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Identifying resources
• What is the third phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Encourage mutual understanding
• What is the fourth phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Identifying unhelpful patterns of interaction
• What is the fifth phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Skills training
• What is the sixth phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Relapse prevention planning
• What is the seventh phase of Burbach's 'Model of practice'?

  Maintenance for future