A teenage girl has been admitted to a residential treatment facility because of anorexia nervosa. Her parents agree to tell people that she is attending a boarding school for the remainder of the semester. What is this agreement an example of?
A) Pathology
B) Interdependency
C) A family boundary
D) Carrying out family roles
Ans: C
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In a closed family system, boundaries maintain family secrets (eg, sexual abuse, substance abuse, chronic psychiatric illness). The more closed or impermeable a family is to new information and resources, the less likely it will be to have the energy and knowledge to meet its expanding needs (Nichols, 2006).
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