Not exact matches
It is not uncommon for multiple people within a
family to experience stress and
symptomology, and it makes sense to treat the
family as a whole instead of treating each individual separately.
Overall, both conditions were highly effective in improving
family functioning, and OPFT was slightly more effective in reducing identified patient
symptomology, including drug abuse.
Improvements included a reduction of adolescents» drug use by more than 50 percent, a decrease in adolescent psychic
symptomology, a decrease in adolescent negative
family role task behavior, an increase in positive behavior within the
family, and an improvement in adolescent communication between mother and father.
Results indicated that
families who received either treatment showed decreased parental psychiatric
symptomology, reduced overall stress, and a reduction in the severity of identified problems.