title: Mind-body patterns of symptom generation.
abstract: Effective ways for joining family therapy with other treatment modalities are becoming increasingly important as the efficacy of family therapy gains acceptance in the medical and mental health community. When one interfaces family therapy with medical and psychopharmacological treatments, which find the sources of symptoms within individuals, rather than interpersonal systems, careful attention must be paid to the mind and body relationships that guide interactions between family behavior and the somatic physiology of each family member. We present six mind-body patterns of symptom generation found to be particularly useful for designing multimodality treatments and for communicating the treatment rationale to medical and psychiatric clinicians or to family members. Case examples illustrate their clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson 39216-4505.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Slovik
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003491:Cybernetics; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009484:Neuropsychology; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012803:Sick Role; D013598:Systems Theory