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Family-Oriented Primary Care

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In case of a disease, the family system can function as a burden or a resource and support system. The genogram (a visual depiction of the patient’s family relationships and other relevant information) helps the doctor to get a clear understanding of symptoms, life events, and diseases across three generations. The different phases of the family dialogue are: joining, context and mission clarification, questions about family dynamics and psychological resources and challanges, treatment planning, and conclusion of the interview. The following communication techniques can proof to be useful tools in conducting a family interview: direct disease-related questions, indirect or circular questions, and hypothetical questions.

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  1. Rehaklinik Glotterbad, Glottertal, Germany

    Werner Geigges

  2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Center for Mental Health, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Kurt Fritzsche, Catharina Marika Dobos & Sonia Diaz Monsalve

  3. Department of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Susan H. McDaniel

  4. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Xudong Zhao

  5. Mental Health Center Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Xudong Zhao

  6. Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

    Catherine Abbo

  7. ZMG Centre for Medicine and Society, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Sonia Diaz Monsalve

  8. Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran

    Farzad Goli

  9. Department of Bioenergy Economy, Energy Medicine University, Mill Valley, CA, USA

    Farzad Goli

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  1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Center for Mental Health, Medical Center - University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Kurt Fritzsche

  2. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Susan H. McDaniel

  3. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Center for Mental Health, Medical Center - University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Michael Wirsching

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Geigges, W. et al. (2020). Family-Oriented Primary Care. In: Fritzsche, K., McDaniel, S., Wirsching, M. (eds) Psychosomatic Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27080-3_6

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