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Family Management Programmes for Schizophrenic Patients

Prevention of Relapse and Modification of Familial Communication Patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Kurt Hahlweg ,
Eli Feinstein ,
Ursula Müller  and
Matthias Dose
Kurt Hahlweg
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Eli Feinstein
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
Ursula Müller
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
Matthias Dose
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
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Hypotheses on the relationship of schizophrenia and family variables have changed considerably over the last 15 years: whereas speculations on the causal role of familial interaction for the onset of schizophrenic psychosis previously dominated the field of psychological theorising and psychotherapy (Bateson et al, 1956), it was not possible to confirm these theories empirically. In accordance with the research on Expressed Emotion (EE), a shift in emphasis to the influence of family variables on the further course of the illness has taken place. As a consequence, promising new techniques have been developed for the prevention or postponement of relapse.

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IV. From the Perspective of Person-Environment Relationships
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue S5: Schizophrenia as a Systems Disorder: The Relevance of Mediating Processes for Theory and Therapy , July 1989 , pp. 112 - 116
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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