limit its effectiveness and drive its effectiveness. Some patients will benefit more from a treatment like family therapy, depending on the nature and extent of the psychological disorder.
As Anderson et al. (2015) indicate, because of the… Continue Reading...
the addict. Caucasian communities are increasingly accepting family therapy; more Caucasian families are now subscribing to the enrolment of two or more family members in joint counseling as well as therapy sessions.
Caucasian families are mostly patriarchal, with a large number of Caucasian households being physically and emotionally sustained by females. A majority of substance abusers may be emotionally attached to their mother figures and mothers. Hence, the recognition and successful involvement of Caucasian mothers (and other influential women in the family) as key resources for the treatment and prevention of drug abuse is crucial.
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REQUIRED TEXTS:
Castillo, R.J. (1997). Culture and mental illness: A client-centered approach. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 9780534345587
McGoldrick. M., Pearson, J. & Giordano, J. (2005). Ethnicity and family therapy. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781593850203
The author of this report has been asked to synthesize and answer questions relating to the movie The Lost Boys of Sudan. All of the questions relate to therapy and counseling relating to the environments and scenarios in the movie. The questions that will be answered to include the initial therapy issues in the movie, the ongoing issues that the families and individuals are encountering in the movie, how one would establish a rapport with the locals once in a new country,… Continue Reading...
regularly meet with the patient and loved one or caretakers to ensure support, having family therapy sessions available for loved ones acting as caretakers if they should want it and providing a falls prevention initiative through training in an exercise routine to strengthen the balance and agility of the elderly person—all of which are considered vital aspects to improving the health status of an elderly person with Alzheimer’s (Canning et al., 2015; Hoof, Kort, Van Warde & Blom, 2010; Rubin, 2011). The overall question an intervention evaluation asks is: Was the intervention implemented as planned? (Harris, 2010). The purpose of this paper is to… Continue Reading...
treatment options for a diagnosis of Bipolar I disorder would be a) psychopharmacological treatments, b) psychological treatments, c) family therapy based treatments, and d) biomedical treatments. These options are not really any different from those that might be provided for a patient suffering from personality disorder. For comorbidity of bipolar and personality disorder, the treatment would likely consider a combination of drugs and therapy.… Continue Reading...