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This book promotes the careful use of psychopharmacology together with family therapy. Previous books have emphasized pharmacology for specific illnesses such as bipolar illness with a family focused approach and, on the other hand, medications to improve communication and expressiveness. This book integrates both approaches and illustrates that within each family there is usually one family member that demonstrates an instrumental medical model outlook and another family member that has more of an expressive-relational, humanistic outlook.
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Based on extensive clinical experience, Resnikoff (psychiatry, U. of California, San Diego) recognizes four dimensions for healing and the role of psychoactive medications in facilitating each: foreground vs. background stages of therapy, with two-way movement between individual and family system concerns; instrumental vs. expressive-relational methods, i.e., reducing symptoms while enhancing expression; a nature-nurture continuum of family problems; and range of therapist-family interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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