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Family Functioning: The General Living Systems Research Model
John J. Schwab
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Description for Family Functioning: The General Living Systems Research Model
Paperback. Series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
The family, that most fundamentalof human groups, is currently perceived to be changing in response to social, biological, cultural and technological developments in our postmodernsociety. While the observed changes in families have been considered by some sociologists to be evidence of adaptation and, therefore, normal, the authors of this volume, consider them maladaptive. Viewing society from the point of view of clinical psychiatry, they point to greatly increased numbers of children born to single mothers, soaring rates of divorce, a statistically confirmed increase in mental disorders, increase in reported incest, high rates of depression in younger people and escalation of ... Read more
The family, that most fundamentalof human groups, is currently perceived to be changing in response to social, biological, cultural and technological developments in our postmodernsociety. While the observed changes in families have been considered by some sociologists to be evidence of adaptation and, therefore, normal, the authors of this volume, consider them maladaptive. Viewing society from the point of view of clinical psychiatry, they point to greatly increased numbers of children born to single mothers, soaring rates of divorce, a statistically confirmed increase in mental disorders, increase in reported incest, high rates of depression in younger people and escalation of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Critical Issues in Psychiatry
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
283
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475773255
SKU
V9781475773255
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