title: [Diagnosis of family relations. A clinical example].
abstract: Starting from the contention that family processes are much too complex to allow any direct approach, the author proposes the simultaneous use of four models. They are: I. A communication model. Adopting the theory of paradoxes in communication, it is possible to formulate in those terms any pathological issue of the OEdipus complex. II. An identification model. The outcome of the OEdipus complex implies the adoption os a system of identifications. It is possible to formulate any pathological structure in terms of disturbed identification pattern. III. A kinship model. The anthropological model of Lévi-Strauss allows an approach to the patterns of alliances and prohibitions; it is also possible to read into those patterns the pathological issues of the family group. IV. A semiotic model. The sessions can be considered as a corpus liable to analysis from the theory of discourse, and of the values in it. Disturbances in the discourse can be related to pathological situations. All four models are applied to a casestudy, aiming at testing their validity and articulations. Some final conclusions are drawn on the usefulness of the method, both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D010287:Parent-Child Relations
vernacular_title: Diagnóstico de las relaciones familiares. Un ejemplo clínico