Family Structure and Treatment in the Military |
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| Authors: | ALLEN FRANCES MD LEONARD GALE MD |
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| Institution: | At the time this paper was written the authors were staff psychiatrists at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Currently, Dr. Frances is on the staff of Albert Einstein Medical Center and Bronx State Hospital, New York.;At the time this paper was written the authors were staff psychiatrists at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Currently, Dr. Gale is a Fellow in the Department of Child Psychiatry, Harbor General Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif. |
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| Abstract: | This paper elucidates the special stresses and supports experienced by military families and their relation to individual decompensation, which is viewed as an expression of family disequilibrium and is often best treated in the family. Periodic separations, frequent moves, and rigid hierarchy present difficult problems that tax the resourcefulness of the military and its families. Healthy and maladaptive patterns are discussed. |
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