reply to 2 students post and complete initial discussion post

DISCUSSION:

Students will discuss how Family Systems Therapy can be used with Stan. Students will discuss how Stan’s family will have an impact in his progress and use questions 1, 4 and 6. Respond to two classmates.

STUDENT 1:

Question 3

Out of the two findings, I believe that Mowbray, Bybee, Harris and McCrohan theory is inconsistent because having high contact with their families will not result in having poorer vocational outcomes. It will be better for the client to know that they have some support from their family because it can be hard. During this process, it will not only be hard for the client, but it is a lot of pressure for the family members as well. When a family member has a mental illness, it clearly places a burden on the family as a whole (Pratt et al., 2014). The role of families in the vocational rehabilitation of people with severe and persistent mental illness implies that they will have a burden on them because of what they have going on with their loved ones. As a counselor, it is our best to reduce the stress of the client’s family. Family psychoeducation has been shown to reduce the rate of relapse and hospitalization in individuals with schizophrenia and to reduce the burden on their caregivers (Katsuki et al., 2018). It is essential for families to become aware of their family member mental illness by getting information from the counselor. Along with that, families will also need to know problem-solving, stress reduction, long-term duration, and family and consumer involvement. Once the family member knows how to deal with it, they will less stress on them, and I know this from personal experience with my brother.

References

Katsuki, F., Takeuchi, H., Inagaki, T., Maeda, T., Kubota, Y., Shiraishi, N., Tabuse, H., Kato, T., Yamada, A., Watanabe, N., Akechi, T. and Furukawa, T. (2018). Brief multifamily Psychoeducation for family members of patients with chronic major depression: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1).

Pratt, C., Gill, K., Barrett, N. and Roberts, M. (2014). Psychiatric rehabilitation. Amsterdam: Academic Press/Elsevier.

STUDENT 2:

Question 2

Clearly, families are a primary support system for many individuals with psychiatric disabilities (Pratt, Gill, Barrett, Roberts, 2014, p. 420). Providing assistance to families with a disability can be hard to accomplish if you do not use the proper tools and assessments needed to provide help. When dealing with families with mental illness it is evident that when the family is involved it definitely helps with the situation. There are several goals that can be implemented to make sure the clients do not blame the family members for their condition. Some of the goals that are required to better assist families as a Counselor are to know and understand what mental illness, providing the family with information about the disorder, addressing the needs of the family, and to make sure the family is partaking in the treatment process of the rehabilitation of the client. According to McConnell & Taglione, there is little debate that family involvement for youth in residential treatment is not only a research-based facet of effective treatment but also a humane component of working with youth and their families (2016). The results of using psychoeducational will result in a high-fidelity FPE are to reduce relapse rates, reduced hospitalization, improved family knowledge of mental illness symptoms medication, therapeutic effects, and side effects, improve family problem solving, reduce family stress, and assist family recovery (Pratt, et, al, 2014, p. 426).

References

McConnell, C., Taglione, P., Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal.

Mar2016,Vol. 38 Issue 1, p97-107.11p. 5 Charts.

Pratt, C. W., Gill, K.J., Barrett, N. M., & Roberts, M. M. (2014). Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

(3rd ed.) p. 420-426. London, UK: Academic Press-Elsevier