Family assessment among patients with various mental disorders

Conclusion Psychiatric disorders are more prevalent in eldest birth order, skewed family pattern, cold controlling parent–child attachment style, families with poor communication though good parenting, with paternal obsessive traits, and maternal histrionic and dependent traits. Patients with psychotic disorders, who have poorer functioning, have families with good adaptability and parenting, and also idealizing parenting style. Patients with neurotic disorders who have better functioning have families with poor adaptability and parenting, and also scapegoating parenting style. Patients with psychotic disorders scored less than 20 on GAF. Meanwhile patients with neurotic scored 41–60.
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research