{"id":3313,"date":"2015-06-02T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T04:11:32","slug":"marital-conditions-of-patients-in-a-couple-therapy-clinic-of-a-psychiatric-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=3313","title":{"rendered":"Marital Conditions of Patients in a Couple Therapy Clinic of a Psychiatric Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lien-Chien Yang<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Adult Psychiatry\u00a0Taipei City Psychiatric Center
\nHsiu-Chu Tung<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Social Work\u00a0Taipei City Psychiatric Center<\/p>\n

Purposes of this study were to explore characteristics of marital conditions in cases of different severity of mental illness and to find how mental illness and marital conditions are connected. Thirty couples admitted to a marital therapy clinic in a psychiatric center were studied and were allocated to major psychiatric disorder group(n=14), minor psychiatric disorder group(n=6), and V-code conditions group(n=10). The major psychiatric disorder group had the youngest age of onset, the longest illness history, the lowest functioning level, the mechanism of care\/protection, and the most stable marriage. The minor psychiatric disorder group had the worst relational functioning, the most severe marital conflicts and the least stable marriage. The V-code condition group had the best personal and relational functioning, and living conditions, but their marital conditions were less stable than the major psychiatric disorder group. Three factors that would affect constructing marital conditions were noted: (1)Patients\u2019 integrated functioning would affect their hierarchical relationship. (2)Belief system toward illness would affect reciprocal interaction. (3)Elements of illness per se would affect family structure. Authors also noted that problems of these groups, i.e. autonomy, intimacy\/equality\/differentiation, and collaboration indicated obstacles of relational development and directions of intervention as well.<\/p>\n

Keywords: mental illness, marital functioning, marital conflict, marital therapy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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