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The place of family therapy in adult clinical psychiatry remains unclear, despite considerable theoretical developments in the subject. In order to delineate the potential role of a family therapeutic approach, a study was conducted of the first 50 families treated in a newly established family-therapy clinical located in an adult psychiatric hospital.

Original publication

DOI

10.1192/bjp.159.3.357

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Psychiatry

Publication Date

09/1991

Volume

159

Pages

357 - 364

Keywords

Adjustment Disorders, Adolescent, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Aged, Bipolar Disorder, Family, Family Therapy, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Individuation, Male, Mental Disorders, Middle Aged, Neurotic Disorders, Personality Development, Personality Disorders, Professional-Family Relations, Retrospective Studies, Systems Theory