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Normal Crises, Family Structure and Mental Health

Normal Crises, Family Structure and Mental Health There is a growing body of work in the social‐psychiatric field known as “crisis” studies. Although these studies have been conducted by people with different approaches and different topics, with no single set of theoretical and clinical interests, there is a common factor among them in that the crises being considered are viewed as turning points — as points of no return ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ). If the “crisis” is handled advantageously, it is assumed the result for the individual is some kind of maturation or development. If the stresses engendered by the “crises” are not well coped with, it is assumed that old psychological conflicts may be evoked or new conflicts may arise and a state of poorer mental health may be the result. Further, it is suggested that persons undergoing the crisis are amenable to influence when skilled intervention techniques of relatively brief duration are applied. In a program of Family Research recently initiated in the Community Mental Health Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, there is an attempt to focus on the application of some of these ideas to a more prevalent type of crisis than in the studies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Family Process Wiley

Normal Crises, Family Structure and Mental Health

RAPOPORT, RHONA
Family Process , Volume 2 (1) – Mar 1, 1963
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Wiley
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Copyright © 1963 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0014-7370
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1545-5300
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10.1111/j.1545-5300.1963.00068.x
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There is a growing body of work in the social‐psychiatric field known as “crisis” studies. Although these studies have been conducted by people with different approaches and different topics, with no single set of theoretical and clinical interests, there is a common factor among them in that the crises being considered are viewed as turning points — as points of no return ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ). If the “crisis” is handled advantageously, it is assumed the result for the individual is some kind of maturation or development. If the stresses engendered by the “crises” are not well coped with, it is assumed that old psychological conflicts may be evoked or new conflicts may arise and a state of poorer mental health may be the result. Further, it is suggested that persons undergoing the crisis are amenable to influence when skilled intervention techniques of relatively brief duration are applied. In a program of Family Research recently initiated in the Community Mental Health Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, there is an attempt to focus on the application of some of these ideas to a more prevalent type of crisis than in the studies

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Family Process – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1963

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