To reduce the relapse rate of the many schizophrenic patients who return to live with their families, a new type of intervention makes use of ____
a. psychoanalytic approaches to facilitate dream interpretation
b. a technique called milieu therapy
c. family members' communication and problem solving skills
d. medication to increase the patient's expression of emotion
c
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