The Use of Structural Family Therapy in the Treatment of Intractable Asthma

RONALD LIEBMAN, SALVADOR MINUCHIN, and LESTER BAKERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.5.535

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The authors identify characteristics of family organization and functioning associated with psychosomatic illness in children—specifically chronic, severe, relapsing asthma—and report on a successful therapeutic approach designed to change these family characteristics. Weekly outpatient family therapy sessions focused on alleviating asthmatic symptoms, identifying and changing family patterns that exacerbate symptoms, and intervening to change the family system to prevent a recurrence of the symptoms.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 5 • May 1974

Pages: 535 - 540

PubMed: 4819046

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Published in print: May 1974

Published online: 9 March 2015

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RONALD LIEBMAN

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SALVADOR MINUCHIN

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LESTER BAKER

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Associate Director of Training, Division of Child Psychiatry, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, 1700 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146 and The Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicihe

Director, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, 1700 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146 and Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Director, Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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The Use of Structural Family Therapy in the Treatment of Intractable Asthma

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