Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 5e >Families

Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen, Jason M. Satterfield, Ryan Laponis+

Table 11-7.Basic family interventions.

•Enhancing the therapeutic alliance by demonstrating interest and concern about the patient’s family and life situation
•Communicating with the family about the patient’s medical condition
•Providing information about the patient’s problems: discussing prognosis and answering family members’ questions about medical problems
•Discussing self-care and enlisting family assistance with medical management
•Facilitating the family’s participation in decision making about therapeutic options
•Discussing and mediating the effect of the patient’s loss of function on the roles of other family members
•Providing emotional support to the patient and the family
•Counseling the family about simple family system problems
•Identifying problems requiring attention from the family
•Preparing for further family assessment, intervention, and referral for further family interventions
•Working in collaboration with family therapists or other mental health specialists

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