ALCOHOLISM AS VIEWED THROUGH FAMILY SYSTEMS-THEORY AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY
ALCOHOLISM AS VIEWED THROUGH FAMILY SYSTEMS-THEORY AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1974.tb40288.x
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
BOWEN, M
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作者:
BOWEN, M
Outlines the principles of family systems theory, in which alcoholism is conceptualized as a symptom of the larger family or social unit. Ways in which family or systems theory can be used to alleviate these problems are cited. Systems theory assumes that all important people in the family unit play a part in the way family members function in relation to each other and in the way the symptom finally erupts. The family is a system in that a change in the functioning of 1 family member is automatically followed by a compensatory change in another family member. The person who later becomes an alcoholic is often one who handles the emotional attachment to his parents and especially to his mother, by denial of the attachment. This conceptualization leads to the following modes of treatment: diminish the anxiety in the nondrinking family members that reinforces the drinking member's behavior; diminish the overfunctioning among family members so that the underfunctioning person will be forced to change; define the emotional interdependence of the family from the start. Thus, family systems therapy provides a variety of ways to modify patterns of family relationship.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)