In contrast to historical pathogenic social constructions of families as bad/immoral people
and causal agents, recent mental health practice literature portrays families as co-victims of …

The nature of professional-family relationships has varied over time, according to the
assumed etiology or causation of mental illness. When deinstitutionalized consumers went …

A recent focus on Family-Centered Care (FCC) in mental health has resulted in a variety of
recommendations designed to increase family involvement in caring for relatives with mental …

In past centuries, it was commonly believed that families were the cause of mental illness.
Although we know families do not cause mental illness, many textbooks that are used to …

A new activism is empowering families of mental health consumers. For the first time since
the care and treatment of people with mental illnesses became the domain of governments …

This chapter first presents parents' perspectives of what it is like to initially suspect,
eventually gain confirmation, and then continually face the challenges of knowing that their …

The family consumer movement arose as a response to deinstitutionalization and the
removal of stigma from parents of mental health clients. In many states the families are a …

Beyond blame and shame: Families coping with longâ•’term mental illness Page 1 Within this
“Decade of the Brain,” an accusatory veil lingers about the family’s role in the genesis of mental …

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Family work is a critical component of psychiatric practice. It is important for psychiatrists to
be able to understand the role of family relationships and family systems in individual …