PSYC 450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Problem Solving, Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy, Multisystemic Therapy
16 Nov 2016
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The development of family therapy: the origins of family therapy come from the 19th century social work movement. It did not immediately become a popular form of treatment. Some delay was because of the dominance of psychoanalysis: behaviorism and humanism paved the way for an alternative treatment like family therapy, looked at using family therapy when analyzing schizophrenia and other severe disorders. Looked at the disorder from a communication point of view: double-bind. Related to the idea of the family as a unit concept. To influence a family member, one must deal with the entire family system. This is when the person receives 2 contradictory messages that ensures no matter what the person does, it will be wrong. There is little empirical support for the double blind theory of schizophrenia: the double bind theory fueled the movement of family therapy, theodore lidz and his research team. Emphasized the family in the etiology of schizophrenia.
