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Systems Consultation for Psychosis: A Biopsychosocial Integration of Systemic and Psychoeducational Approaches

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Schizophrenia and Youth

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A number of authors, especially Eisenberg (1977), Kleinman (1988), and Fabrega (1974), have made a useful distinction between illness and disease, based on the difference of perspective between patient and physician. As Eisenberg (1977, p. 11) succinctly put it: “Patients suffer ‘illnesses’; physicians diagnose and treat ‘diseases’”.

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  1. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Rheinische Landes- u. Hochschulklinik, Hufelandstraße 55, 4300, Essen, Germany

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Wynne, L.C. (1991). Systems Consultation for Psychosis: A Biopsychosocial Integration of Systemic and Psychoeducational Approaches. In: Eggers, C. (eds) Schizophrenia and Youth. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02684-7_15

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