A 15-year-old girl has a 13-year-old brother with a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
The girl is highly reluctant to participate in family therapy, stating, "He's the one that has the problem, not me and my parents!" How should the nurse best respond to the girl's statement?
A) "Actually, scientists have found that ADHD is usually caused by the person's family, so family therapy is very important."
B) "It's much easier for the therapist to communicate with the whole family together rather than individually."
C) "In family therapy, the therapist can teach you what part you can play in curing your brother's ADHD."
D) "When someone in the family has a mental health problem, it affects every person in the family."
Ans: D
Feedback:
The basic premise of family therapy is that the behavior of one member affects everyone else in the family. This does not mean, however, that the family can always "cure" the child. The goal of family therapy is not to assign blame or causation to family members in the development of the loved one's mental illness.
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